Dysthymia and depressive disorders: Dopamine hypothesis

European Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages 123s-127s

  Gessa, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

animal models; antidepressants; depression; dopamine; dysthymia

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; AMPHETAMINE; APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; FLUOXETINE; MIANSERIN; SULPIRIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DYSTHYMIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOTIVATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BRAIN LEVEL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVIEW; REWARD; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

EID: 0029978913     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-9338(96)85186-8     Document Type: Article

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