Differential responsiveness of inbred strains of rats to antidepressants in the forced swimming test: Are Wistar Kyoto rats an animal model of subsensitivity to antidepressants?

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-198

  Lahmanie, Abdeljalil ^a   Armario, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

8 OH DPAT; Brown Norway rats; Desipramine; Fisher 344 rats; Forced swimming test; Holeboard; Lewis rats; Spontaneously hypertensive rats; Wistar Kyoto rats

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; INBRED STRAIN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

8-HYDROXY-2-(DI-N-PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DESIPRAMINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, INBRED WKY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING;

EID: 9044245704     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02246177     Document Type: Article

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