Thyroid hormones and the treatment of depression: An examination of basic hormonal actions in the mature mammalian brain

Synapse

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-44

  Henley, William Nolan ^a   Koehnle, Thomas Joseph ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; G protein; Norepinephrine; Serotonin; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0030743038     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199709)27:1<36::AID-SYN4>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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