Reduction of sucrose preference by chronic unpredictable mild stress, and its restoration by a tricyclic antidepressant

1987/11/01 by Paul Willner, P. Willner, Anthony Towell +6 · 1,976 citations
Chemistry · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Anhedonia #Antidepressant #Anxiety #Biochemistry #Chemistry #Corticosterone #Endocrinology #Hormone #Imipramine #Internal medicine #Medicine #Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior #Physiology #Preference #Psychiatry #Psychology #Saccharin #Saline #Stress Responses and Cortisol #Stressor #Sucrose #Tricyclic antidepressant #Tryptophan and brain disorders

paper · doi:10.1007/bf00187257

published in Psychopharmacology 93(3), 358-64 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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