Animal models as tools to study the pathophysiology of depression

Antidepressant effects of sleep deprivation require astrocyte-dependent adenosine mediated signaling

(2013) D J Hines et al.   Translational Psychiatry

Overnight changes in waking auditory evoked potential amplitude reflect altered sleep homeostasis in major depression

(2011) M. R. Goldstein et al.   ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA

Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines expression in rat's brain and spleen exposed to chronic mild stress: Involvement in depression

(2011) Zili You et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Electrophysiological traces of visuomotor learning and their renormalization after sleep

(2011) E.C. Landsness et al.   CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Antidepressants Reverse Short-Photoperiod-Induced, Forced Swim Test Depression-Like Behavior in the Diurnal Fat Sand Rat: Further Support for the Utilization of Diurnal Rodents for Modeling Affective Disorders

(2011) Katy Krivisky et al.   NEUROPSYCHOBIOLOGY

Long-term treatment with peony glycosides reverses chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depressive-like behavior via increasing expression of neurotrophins in rat brain

(2010) Qing-Qiu Mao et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Hematopoietic Origin of Pathological Grooming in Hoxb8 Mutant Mice

(2010) Shau-Kwaun Chen et al.   CELL

Effects of reboxetine and citalopram pretreatment on changes in cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript (CART) expression in rat brain induced by the forced swimming test

(2010) Seungwoo Kang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Exposure of mice to long-light: A new animal model to study depression

(2010) Astrid Becker et al.   EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders

(2010) Eric J Nestler et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Maternal Deprivation Induces Depressive-like Behaviour and Alters Neurotrophin Levels in the Rat Brain

(2010) Gislaine Z. Réus et al.   NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH

Deficit in BDNF does not increase vulnerability to stress but dampens antidepressant-like effects in the unpredictable chronic mild stress

(2009) Yadira Ibarguen-Vargas et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Increased Vulnerability to Depressive-Like Behavior of Mice with Decreased Expression of VGLUT1

(2009) Alvaro L. Garcia-Garcia et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Vesicular glutamate transporter mRNA expression in the medial temporal lobe in major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia

(2009) Akihito Uezato et al.   BIPOLAR DISORDERS

Effects of β-carboline harmine on behavioral and physiological parameters observed in the chronic mild stress model: Further evidence of antidepressant properties

(2009) Jucélia J. Fortunato et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN

Vesicular Glutamate Transporter VGLUT1 Has a Role in Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation and Spatial Reversal Learning

(2009) D. Balschun et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Spatio-temporal expression of tryptophan hydroxylase isoforms in murine and human brain: Convergent data from Tph2 knockout mice

(2009) Lise Gutknecht et al.   EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Lack of CB1receptor activity impairs serotonergic negative feedback

(2009) Ester Aso et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Effects of chronic mild stress on the oxidative parameters in the rat brain

(2009) Giancarlo Lucca et al.   NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL

A critical review of human endotoxin administration as an experimental paradigm of depression

(2009) Nicole DellaGioia et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Increased susceptibility to development of anhedonia in rats with chronic peripheral nerve injury: Involvement of sleep deprivation?

(2009) Monica L. Andersen et al.   PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

The effect of antidepressant drugs on the HPA axis activity, glucocorticoid receptor level and FKBP51 concentration in prenatally stressed rats

(2009) Magdalena Szymańska et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Differential long-term effects of MDMA on the serotoninergic system and hippocampal cell proliferation in 5-HTT knock-out vs. wild-type mice

(2008) Thibault Renoir et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Neuroendocrine-Immune Mechanisms of Behavioral Comorbidities in Patients With Cancer

(2008) Andrew H. Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Deficiency of brain 5-HT synthesis but serotonergic neuron formation in Tph2 knockout mice

(2008) Lise Gutknecht et al.   JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION

BDNF impairment in the hippocampus is related to enhanced despair behavior in CB1knockout mice

(2008) Ester Aso et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Genetic architecture of the human tryptophan hydroxylase 2 Gene: existence of neural isoforms and relevance for major depression

(2008) F Haghighi et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Elevated expression of tryptophan hydroxylase-2 mRNA at the neuronal level in the dorsal and median raphe nuclei of depressed suicides

(2008) H Bach-Mizrachi et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

The molecular neurobiology of depression

(2008) Vaishnav Krishnan et al.   NATURE

Targeting the murine serotonin transporter: insights into human neurobiology

(2008) Dennis L. Murphy et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine induces differential regulation of tryptophan hydroxylase 2 protein and mRNA levels in the rat dorsal raphe nucleus

(2008) W.L. Bonkale et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Behavioral despair is differentially affected by the length and timing of photic stimulation in the dark phase of an L/D cycle

(2008) D. Schulz et al.   PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY