Simvastatin treatment exerts antidepressant-like effect in rats exposed to chronic mild stress

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 174-179

  Lin, Pao Yen ^a,b   Chang, Alice Y W ^b   Lin, Tsu Kung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Chronic mild stress; Forced swim test; Simvastatin; Sucrose preference test

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; IMIPRAMINE; SIMVASTATIN; SUCROSE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHRONIC MILD STRESS; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; EXPOSURE; FORCED SWIM TEST; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT MODEL; SUCROSE PREFERENCE TEST; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; MENTAL STRESS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSION; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIMVASTATIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84903142659     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2014.06.006     Document Type: Article

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