Sequential catecholamine and serotonin depletion in mirtazapine-treated depressed patients

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-66

  Delgado, Pedro L ^a   Moreno, Francisco A ^a   Onate, Larry ^a   Gelenberg, Alan J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Major depression; Neurotransmitter depletion; Norepinephrine; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; FLUOXETINE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; MIRTAZAPINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; CATECHOLAMINES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; METHOXYHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCOL; MIANSERIN; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0036128501     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145702002778     Document Type: Article

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