Serotonergic autoreceptor blockade in the reduction of antidepressant latency: Personality variables and response to paroxetine and pindolol

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 101-109

  Tome, Maria B ^a   Cloninger, C Robert ^b   Watson, James P ^a   Isaac, Michael T ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compliance; Major depression; Paroxetine; Pindolol; Randomised controlled trial; Temperament and character inventory

Indexed keywords

PAROXETINE; PINDOLOL; SEROTONIN 1A ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPERAMENT;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROXETINE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PINDOLOL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TEMPERAMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030877266     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(97)00030-X     Document Type: Article

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