Reduced β-adrenergic receptor-coupled Gs protein function and Gsα immunoreactivity in mononuclear leukocytes of patients with depression

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 755-760

  Avissar, Sofia ^a   Barki Harrington, Liza ^a   Nechamkin, Yakov ^a   Roitman, Gregori ^a   Schreiber, Gabriel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bipolar depression; Gs protein; Gs immunoreactivity; Guanine nucleotide binding; Unipolar; adrenergic receptor

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; STIMULATORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029884934     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00248-0     Document Type: Article

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