Brain α-adrenoceptors in depressed suicides

Brain Research

Volumn 757, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-68

  De Paermentier, Freddy ^a   Mauger, Jayne M ^a   Lowther, Sandra ^a   Crompton, M Rufus ^a   Katona, Cornelius L E ^b   Horton, Roger W ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidepressant drug; Depression; Post mortem human brain; Suicide; 1 Adrenoceptor; 1 Adrenoceptor subtype; 2 Adrenoceptor subtype; 2 Adrenoceptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; AMITRIPTYLINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DIAZEPAM; DOSULEPIN; FLUPENTIXOL; HALOPERIDOL; IMIPRAMINE; LITHIUM; MIANSERIN; NITRAZEPAM; OXYMETAZOLINE; PHENTOLAMINE; PROCYCLIDINE; TEMAZEPAM; THIORIDAZINE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; TRIMIPRAMINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DEPRESSION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SUICIDE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030908607     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00138-8     Document Type: Article

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