Pharmacology and distribution of norepinephrine transporters in the human locus coeruleus and raphe nuclei

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1710-1719

  Ordway, Gregory A ^a   Stockmeier, Craig A ^b   Cason, Garrick W ^a   Klimek, Violetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antidepressants; cocaine; dorsal raphe nucleus; locus coeruleus; norepinephrine transporters; norepinephrine uptake

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; DESIPRAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; NISOXETINE; NORADRENALIN; TRITIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0031054886     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-05-01710.1997     Document Type: Article

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