Effects of longterm treatment with the α2-adrenoceptor antagonist mirtazapine on 5-HT neurotransmission

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 355, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-29

  Haddjeri, Nasser ^a   Blier, Pierre ^a   De Montigny, Claude ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dorsal raphe; Hippocampus; Locus coeruleus; Mirtazapine; Serotonin; 2 Adrenoceptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; MIRTAZAPINE; NORADRENALIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MIANSERIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SECRETION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MIANSERIN; NOREPINEPHRINE; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SEROTONIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030614734     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00004913     Document Type: Article

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