Decreased dorsal raphe nucleus neuronal activity in adult chloral hydrate anesthetized rats following neonatal clomipramine treatment: Implications for endogenous depression

Brain Research

Volumn 756, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 68-75

  Kinney, Gene G ^a   Vogel, Gerald W ^a   Feng, Pingfu ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Dorsal raphe nucleus; Electrophysiology; Neonatal clomipramine; Rat; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE; CLOMIPRAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPIKE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NEURONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0030947214     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00119-4     Document Type: Article

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