Serotonin transporters are located on the axons beyond the synaptic junctions: Anatomical and functional evidence

Brain Research

Volumn 805, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 241-254

  Zhou, Feng C ^a   Tao Cheng, Jung Hwa ^b   Segu, Louis ^c   Patel, Tushar ^a   Wang, Yun ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Citalopram; Cocaine; Depression; Electron microscopy; High affinity uptake; Immunocytochemistry; MDMA; Methamphetamine; Paroxetine; Synapse; Voltammetry

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CITALOPRAM; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; NONHUMAN; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; AXONS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CITALOPRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SYNAPSES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032517176     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00691-X     Document Type: Article

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