Effects of acute and chronic administration of high-dose corticosterone and dexamethasone on regional brain dopamine and serotonin metabolism in rats

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 147-156

  Inoue, Takeshi ^a   Koyama, Tsukasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

corticosterone; dexamethasone; dopamine; medial prefrontal cortex; serotonin; steroid psychosis; steroid induced mental disturbances

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029932009     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-5846(95)00299-5     Document Type: Article

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