The revised monoamine theory of depression: A modulatory role for monoamines, based on new findings from monoamine depletion experiments in humans

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 2-11

  Heninger, G R ^a   Delgado, P L ^b   Charney, D S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; MIRTAZAPINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRANYLCYPROMINE;

DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MONOAMINE METABOLISM; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030058366     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979535     Document Type: Review

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