Tricyclic antidepressants block N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptors: similarities to the action of zinc

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 95-102

  Reynolds, Ian J ^a   Miller, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; CYCLAZOCINE; DESIPRAMINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIZOCILPINE; IMIPRAMINE; KETAMINE; N ALLYLNORMETAZOCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NORTRIPTYLINE; PHENCYCLIDINE; PROTRIPTYLINE; THIORIDAZINE;

ANIMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING;

ANIMAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CALCIUM; DIBENZOCYCLOHEPTENES; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; FEMALE; IN VITRO; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ZINC;

EID: 0023772430     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1988.tb16552.x     Document Type: Article

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