Electrophysiological and neurochemical evidence that pindolol has agonist properties at the 5-HT(1A) autoreceptor in vivo

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 206-212

  Clifford, Elizabeth M ^a   Gartside, Sarah E ^b   Umbers, Valerie ^b   Cowen, Philip J ^a   Hajós, Mihály ^b   Sharp, Trevor ^b  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 HT(1A) receptor; Antidepressants; DRN; Electrophysiology; Microdialysis; Pindolol

Indexed keywords

AUTORECEPTOR; CITALOPRAM; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; PINDOLOL; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NEURONS; PINDOLOL; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1; SEROTONIN AGONISTS;

EID: 0031919617     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701796     Document Type: Article

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