Effects of the antidepressant/antipanic drug phenelzine on alanine and alanine transaminase in rat brain

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 325-339

  Tanay, Véronique A M I ^a   Parent, Marise B ^b   Wong, James T F ^a   Paslawski, Teresa ^a   Martin, Ian L ^c   Baker, Glen B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amino acid levels; Antidepressant; Antipanic drug; Chronic treatment; Monoamine oxidase; Phenelzine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; PHENELZINE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; VALINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ALANINE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHENELZINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035668054     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012697904299     Document Type: Article

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