Effects of electroconvulsive seizures on depression-related behavior, memory and neurochemical changes in Wistar and Wistar-Kyoto rats

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 170-178

  Kyeremanteng, C ^a   MacKay, J C ^a   James, J S ^a   Kent, P ^a   Cayer, C ^a   Anisman, H ^a,c   Merali, Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BDNF; Corticotropin releasing factor; Depression; Electroconvulsive therapy; Memory

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONED EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE SEIZURE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FORCED SWIM TEST; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NEOCORTEX; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; RETROGRADE MEMORY; SHAM PROCEDURE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS; TISSUE LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WISTAR KYOTO RAT; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEIZURES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS, INBRED WKY; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903172764     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2014.05.012     Document Type: Article

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