Subchronic treatment with lithium increases nerve growth factor content in distinct brain regions of adult rats

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 604-608

  Hellweg, Rainer ^a   Lang, U E ^a   Nagel, M ^a   Baumgartner, A ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Antibipolar drugs; Depression; Neuroprotection; Neurotrophins; Plasticity; Stress

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; REFERENCE VALUE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN REGION; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MOOD; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; LITHIUM; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; ANIMAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0036024262     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001042     Document Type: Article

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