Desipramine administration in the olfactory bulbectomized rat: Changes in brain β-adrenoceptor and 5-HT2A binding sites and their relationship to behaviour

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1481-1486

  Mudunkotuwa, Nalinika T ^a   Horton, Roger W ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 Ht2A receptors; Animal models of antidepressant drug action; Antidepressants; Desipramine; Olfactory bulbectomy; Radioligand binding; Rat brain; adrenoceptors

Indexed keywords

BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BRAIN RECEPTOR; DESIPRAMINE; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OLFACTORY BULBECTOMY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BINDING SITES; BRAIN; DESIPRAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; OLFACTORY BULB; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029918053     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15310.x     Document Type: Article

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