Effect of sub-optimal doses of fluoxetine plus estradiol on antidepressant-like behavior and hippocampal neurogenesis in ovariectomized rats

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 113-124

  Vega Rivera, Nelly M ^a,b   Fernández Guasti, Alonso ^b   Ramírez Rodríguez, Gerardo ^a   Estrada Camarena, Erika ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^b Center for Research and Advanced Studies Cinvestav   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adult hippocampal neurogenesis; Doublecortin; Estradiol; Fluoxetine; Forced swimming test; Hippocampus; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

DOUBLECORTIN; ESTRADIOL; FLUOXETINE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRDU ASSAY; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FORCED SWIM TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOW DRUG DOSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOLL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG POTENTIATION; METABOLISM; RANDOMIZATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROGENESIS; OVARIECTOMY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84929328493     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.03.022     Document Type: Article

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