European Neuropsychopharmacology
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 92-107 , January 2011

Brain responses to chronic social defeat stress: Effects on regional oxidative metabolism as a function of a hedonic trait, and gene expression in susceptible and resilient rats

  • Margus Kanarik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Estonian Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences, University of Tartu, Tiigi 78, 50410 Tartu, Estonia
    • ,
  • Aet Alttoa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Estonian Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences, University of Tartu, Tiigi 78, 50410 Tartu, Estonia
    • ,
  • Denis Matrov

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Estonian Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences, University of Tartu, Tiigi 78, 50410 Tartu, Estonia
    • ,
  • Kadri Kõiv

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Estonian Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences, University of Tartu, Tiigi 78, 50410 Tartu, Estonia
    • ,
  • Trevor Sharp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3QT, UK
    • ,
  • Jaak Panksepp

      Affiliations

    • Department of VCAPP, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6520, USA
    • ,
  • Jaanus Harro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Estonian Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences, University of Tartu, Tiigi 78, 50410 Tartu, Estonia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +372 7 375911; fax: +372 7375900.

Received 29 March 2010 ,Revised 21 June 2010 ,Accepted 27 June 2010.

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