Mianserin markedly and selectively increases extracellular dopamine in the prefrontal cortex as compared to the nucleus accumbens of the rat

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-130

  Tanda, Gianluigi ^a   Bassareo, Valentina ^a   Di Chiara, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Dopamine; Mianserin; Noradrenaline; Nucleus accumbens; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOPAMINE; MIANSERIN; NORADRENALIN; RITANSERIN; SEROTONIN 2 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG SELECTIVITY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CLONIDINE; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MIANSERIN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 0030034360     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02246169     Document Type: Article

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