Enantioselective behavioral effects of sibutramine metabolites

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 397, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-102

  Glick, Stanley D ^a   Haskew, Renee E ^a   Maisonneuve, Isabelle M ^a   Carlson, Jeffrey N ^a   Jerussi, Thomas P ^b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Desmethylsibutramine; Didemethylsibutramine; Food intake; Locomotor activity; Obesity; Sibutramine

Indexed keywords

DRUG METABOLITE; SIBUTRAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BODY WEIGHT; CYCLOBUTANES; DESIPRAMINE; DRINKING; EATING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; STEREOISOMERISM; SWIMMING;

EID: 0034717220     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(00)00216-8     Document Type: Article

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