The degree of inhibition of dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area induced by selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors is a function of the density-power-spectrum of the interspike interval

Neuroscience

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 957-961

  Di Mascio, M ^a   Esposito, E ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antidepressant drugs; Burst analysis; Electrophysiology; Fast Fourier Transformation; Single cell recording

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; DOPAMINE; FLUVOXAMINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0030795657     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00108-5     Document Type: Letter

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