Modeling Depression in the Rat: The Development and Usefulness of a Female-centric Approach

Women are twice as likely to suffer from depression as men, yet stress and depression research has relied primarily on the responses of males. Early life stress is hypothesized to influence the development of vulnerability to depression while adult stress exposure can act as a trigger in those predi...

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Main Author: Baker, Stephanie
Language:en
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Rat
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20211