Telomerase dysregulation in the hippocampus of a rat model of depression: Normalization by lithium

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Wei, Ya Bin ^a   Backlund, Lena ^a,b   Wegener, Gregers ^c,d   Mathé, Aleksander A ^a,b   Lavebratt, Catharina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Animal model; Depression; Hippocampus; Lithium; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LITHIUM; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HELA CELL LINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; UPREGULATION; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; INBRED RAT STRAIN; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGY; TELOMERE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BETA CATENIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930230942     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyv002     Document Type: Article

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