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Depressive behavior induced by social isolation of predisposed female rats.
Physiology & behavior - 1 Nov 2015
Zanier-Gomes Patrícia Helena, de Abreu Silva Tomaz Eugênio, Zanetti Guilherme Cia, Benati Évelyn Raquel, Pinheiro Nanci Mendes, Murta Beatriz Martins Tavares, Crema Virgínia Oliveira
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Depression is a mood disorder that is more prevalent in women and has been closely associated with chronic stress. Many models of depression have been suggested that consider different forms of stress. In fact, stress is present in the life of every human being, but only a few develop depression. Accordingly, it seems wrong to consider all stressed animals to be depressed, emphasizing the importance of...
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