The Anxiolytic and Antidepressant-like Effects of Testosterone and Estrogen in Gonadectomized Male Rats

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 259-269

  Carrier, Nicole ^a   Saland, Samantha K ^a   Duclot, Florian ^a   He, Huan ^a,b   Mercer, Roger ^a,b   Kabbaj, Mohamed ^a,b  

^a Department of Psychology   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Aromatase; Depression; Estradiol; Hippocampus; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DRUG METABOLITE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FADROZOLE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; AROMATASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUCROSE PREFERENCE TEST; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; CASTRATION; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CASTRATION; DEPRESSION; ESTROGENS; FADROZOLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84937638955     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.12.024     Document Type: Article

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