Chronic amitriptyline administration increases serotonin transporter binding sites in the hippocampus of aged rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 183-185

  Yau, Joyce L W ^a   Kelly, Paul A T ^a   Olsson, Tommy ^b   Noble, June ^a   Seckl, Jonathan R ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aged rat; Amitriptyline; Antidepressant; Hippocampus; Paroxetine; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0033582540     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00997-5     Document Type: Article

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