Post-inflammatory behavioural despair in male mice is associated with reduced cortical glutamate-glutamine ratios, and circulating lipid and energy metabolites

Abstract Post-inflammatory behaviours in rodents are widely used to model human depression and to test the efficacy of novel anti-depressants. Mice injected with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) display a depressive-like phenotype twenty-four hours after endotoxin administration. Despite the widespread use...

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Main Authors: Shi Yu Chan, Fay Probert, Daniel E. Radford-Smith, Jennifer C. Hebert, Timothy D. W. Claridge, Daniel C. Anthony, Philip W. J. Burnet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74008-w