Enhancement of serotoninergic function - A sometimes insufficient cause of antidepressant action

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-27

  Blier, Pierre ^a   Haddjeri, Nasser ^a   Szabo, Steven T ^a   Dong, Jianming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; CLONIDINE; DESIPRAMINE; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; MONOAMINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; PAROXETINE; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRYPTOPHAN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENCY; FATIGUE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEDATION; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0035108012     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.179     Document Type: Article

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