Imipramine protects against the deleterious effects of chronic corticosterone on depression-like behavior, hippocampal reelin expression, and neuronal maturation

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 52-59

  Fenton, Erin Y ^a   Fournier, Neil M ^b   Lussier, April L ^c   Romay Tallon, Raquel ^a   Caruncho, Hector J ^a   Kalynchuk, Lisa E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Corticosterone; Depression; Neurogenesis; Reelin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; IMIPRAMINE; REELIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DOUBLECORTIN PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; REELIN PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPRESSION; DOWN REGULATION; FORCED SWIM TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SWIMMING; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DENDRITES; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMIPRAMINE; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SWIMMING;

EID: 84923320492     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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