Do glucocorticoids contribute to the abnormalities in serotonin transporter expression and function seen in depression? An animal model

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 576-584

  Slotkin, Theodore A ^a   McCook, Everett C ^a   Ritchie, James C ^a   Seidler, Frederic J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

brain synaptosomes; dexamethasone; glucocorticoids; imipramine; paroxetine; serot onin transporter

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMIPRAMINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BODY GROWTH; DEPRESSION; DRUG BINDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0030273348     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00469-6     Document Type: Article

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