Antidepressant drugs inhibit a glial 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter in rat brain

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1728-1738

  Bel, Nuria ^a   Figueras, Gloria ^a   Vilaró, M Teresa ^a   Suñol, Cristina ^a   Artigas, Francesc ^a  

^a INST D INVESTIGACIONS B   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrocyte cultures microdialysis; Mouse; Rat; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Tricyclic antidepressants

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARRIER PROTEIN; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; OXIDOPAMINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLIA CELL; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030839236     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01530.x     Document Type: Article

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