Comparison of the depression-like behavior and serotonergic system between Wistar and Wistar-Kyoto rat strains

Nihon Shinkei Seishin Yakurigaku Zasshi. 2011 Apr;31(2):89-90.

Authors

Makiko Yamada¹, Yukie Kawahara, Fumi Kaneko, Yuki Furushima, Eliyahu Dremencov, Hiroshi Kawahara, Akinori Nishi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pharmacology, Kurume University School of Medicine.

PMID: 21618902

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Animals
Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation / administration & dosage
Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation / pharmacology
Citalopram / administration & dosage
Citalopram / pharmacology
Depression / drug therapy
Disease Models, Animal
Raphe Nuclei / physiology
Rats
Rats, Inbred WKY*
Rats, Wistar*
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / administration & dosage
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / pharmacology
Serotonin / metabolism
Serotonin / physiology*
Synaptic Transmission / drug effects

Substances

Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation
Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
Citalopram
Serotonin