Blockade of corticosterone synthesis reduces serotonin turnover in the dorsal hippocampus of the rat as measured by microdialysis

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 877-881

  Korte Bouws, Gerdien A H ^a   Korte, S Mechiel ^a,b   De Kloet, E Ronald ^b   Bohus, Bela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

5 HT; Glucocorticoid receptor; Metyrapone; Microdialysis; Tryptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; METYRAPONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PARGYLINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; METABOLISM; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; METYRAPONE; MICRODIALYSIS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PARGYLINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 0029812201     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1996.05389.x     Document Type: Article

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