Effects of testosterone and estradiol on anxiety and depressive-like behavior via a non-genomic pathway

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 288-296

  Filova, Barbora ^a   Malinova, Maria ^a   Babickova, Janka ^a,b   Tothova, Lubomira ^a,b   Ostatnikova, Daniela ^a   Celec, Peter ^a,b   Hodosy, Julius ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

amygdala; anxiety; c Fos; depression; non genomic effects; steroids

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ESTRADIOL PROPIONATE; OLIVE OIL; PROTEIN C FOS; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASTRATION; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FORCED SWIM TEST; GONADECTOMY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CASTRATION; DEPRESSION; ESTRADIOL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84930274873     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: 19958218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-014-1510-8     Document Type: Article

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