Individual differences in animal models: an approach to study neurobiological factors related to depression

 

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Författarna: Sequeira Cordero, Andrey, Fornaguera Trías, Jaime
Materialtyp: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Utgivningstid:2014
Beskrivning:The study of individual differences in the forced swimming test (FST) in rats allows the identification of either susceptibility or resilience factors in the development of depression-related behaviors. In order to study these differences several rat groups were subjected to the FST. Afterward, animals with low and high immobility were compared, which allowed us to identify a number of features that could function as risk or protection factors. Thus, neurobiological factors such as the expression levels of the corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1 (CRFR1) in the nucleus accumbens, a differential accumbal dopamine turnover and the differential expression kinetics of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the prefrontal cortex, could play an important role in the modulation of depressive behaviors. The current review summarizes our key results in such research line.
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Organisation:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Språk:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/14115
Länkar:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/actualidades/article/view/14115
Nyckelord:Diferencias individuales
prueba de nado forzado
conducta
expresión génica
cerebro
Individual differences
forced swimming test
behavior
gene expression
brain