DL-Fenfluramine increases the 5-HT synthesis rate in the terminals while decreasing it in the cell bodies of the rat brain

Brain Research

Volumn 737, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 45-50

  Mück Šeler, Dorotea ^a,b   Diksic, Mirko ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

5 HT synthesis rate; Autoradiography; Fenfluramine; Rat brain; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

FENFLURAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030597131     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00656-7     Document Type: Article

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