Serotonergic mediation of the effects of fluoxetine, but not desipramine, in the rat forced swimming test

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 162-167

  Page, Michelle E ^a   Detke, Michael J ^a,b   Dalvi, Ashutosh ^a   Kirby, Lynn G ^a,c   Lucki, Irwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Desipramine; Fluoxetine; Forced swimming test; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; DOPAMINE; FENCLONINE; FLUOXETINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRESS; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DESIPRAMINE; FENCLONINE; FLUOXETINE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; STRESS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0033220002     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130051156     Document Type: Article

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