Co-occurrence of anxiety and depressive-like behaviors following adolescent social isolation in male mice; possible role of nitrergic system

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 145, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-44

  Amiri, Shayan ^a,b   Haj Mirzaian, Arya ^a,b   Rahimi balaei, Maryam ^c   Razmi, Ali ^d   Kordjazy, Nastaran ^a,b   Shirzadian, Armin ^a,b   Ejtemaei Mehr, Shahram ^a,b   Sianati, Hamed ^e   Dehpour, Ahmad Reza ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^e IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anxiety; Depression; Inducible NOS; Nitric oxide; Social isolation stress

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; AMINOGUANIDINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROGEN OXIDE; PHARMACOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ETIOLOGY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOLE BOARD TEST; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STRESS; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMPLICATIONS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETIOLOGY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; METABOLISM; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWIMMING;

EID: 84963936971     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.03.032     Document Type: Article

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