Reflexes of the cutaneous microcirculation in amitriptyline and in fluoxetine treated patients

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-244

  Muck Weymann M ^a,b   Rechlin, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Cutaneous microcirculation; Fluoxetine; Inspiratory gasp response; Laser Doppler flowmetry

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; FLUOXETINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BREATHING REFLEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; REFLEX; SKIN;

EID: 0029874217     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02246663     Document Type: Article

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