D-Fenfluramine selectively releases 5-HT from dorsal raphe terminals

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 639-642

  Viana, M B ^a   Silveira, R ^b   Graeff, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; amygdala; D fenfluramine; dorsal hippocampus; dorsal raphe nucleus; median raphe nucleus; microdialysis

Indexed keywords

DEXFENFLURAMINE; SEROTONIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FENFLURAMINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030003221     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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