Sex differences in sleep, anhedonia, and HPA axis activity in a rat model of chronic social defeat

Repeated bouts of a major stressor such as social defeat are well known to induce a depression phenotype in male rats. Despite strong evidence and acknowledgement that women have a two-fold lifetime greater risk of developing major depression compared to men, the inclusion of female rats in studies...

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Main Authors: Gayle G. Page, Mark R. Opp, Sharon L. Kozachik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-06-01
Series:Neurobiology of Stress
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352289515300448