Antidepressant treatment in helpless rats: Effect on the electrophysiological activity of raphe dorsalis serotonergic neurons

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-275

  Maudhuit, Corinne ^a   Prévot, Elisabeth ^a   Dangoumau, Laure ^a   Martin, Patrick ^a   Hamon, Michel ^a   Adrien, Joëlle ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

depression; learned helplessness; raphe neurons; zimeldine

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; ZIMELDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CITALOPRAM; DEPRESSION; MALE; NEURONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ZIMELDINE;

EID: 0030935894     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050239     Document Type: Article

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