Chronic psychosocial stressors in adulthood: Studies in mice, rats and tree shrews

Neurobiology of Stress

Volumn 6, Issue , 2017, Pages 94-103

  Pryce, Christopher R ^a   Fuchs, Eberhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal model; Antidepressant; Control; Depression; Resident intruder; Social stressor

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ANXIETY; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; CHRONIC PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG MONITORING; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GROOMING; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85001871644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23522895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2016.10.001     Document Type: Review

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