Fluoxetine-induced plasticity in the rodent visual system

Brain Research

Volumn 824, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-35

  Bastos, Elisa Ferreira ^a   Marcelino, Joyce Lira De Souza ^a   Amaral, Angélica Rocha ^a   Serfaty, Claudio Alberto ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

5 HT; Antidepressant; Fluoxetine; Lesion induced plasticity; Retinal lesion; Retinotectal pathway; Serotonin reuptake inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROANATOMY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA INJURY; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGING; ANIMALS; AXONS; FLUOXETINE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RETINA; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033118429     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01184-1     Document Type: Article

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