Increase in serotonin-1A autoreceptors in the midbrain of suicide victims with major depression - Postmortem evidence for decreased serotonin activity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 7394-7401

  Stockmeier, Craig A ^a,b,d   Shapiro, Laura A ^a   Dilley, Ginny E ^a   Kolli, Tamara N ^a   Friedman, Lee ^a   Rajkowska, Grazyna ^c  

^a Prog in Basic and Clin Neurosci   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal raphe nucleus; Major depression; Postmortem brain; Serotonin 1A receptors; Suicide

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032530289     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-18-07394.1998     Document Type: Article

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