Effectiveness of different corticosterone administration methods to elevate corticosterone serum levels, induce depressive-like behavior, and affect neurogenesis levels in female rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 312, Issue , 2016, Pages 201-214

  Kott, J M ^a   Mooney Leber, S M ^a   Shoubah, F A ^a   Brummelte, S ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Administration methods; Corticosterone; Depression; Females; Neurogenesis; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPRESSIVE LIKE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FORCED SWIM TEST; IMMOBILITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL HIPPOCAMPUS; WEIGHT CHANGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CYTOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; NEUROGENESIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84947968560     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.11.006     Document Type: Article

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