Clonidine potentiates the effects of tranylcypromine, phenelzine and two analogues in the forced swimming test in mice

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 178-185

  Bourin, Michel ^a   Hascoët, Martine ^a   Colombel, Marie Claude ^a   Coutts, Ronald T ^a   Baker, Glen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 FLUOROTRANYLCYPROMINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLONIDINE; LITHIUM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; N2 ACETYLPHENELZINE; PHENELZINE; QUININE; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; TRANYLCYPROMINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SCREENING; MALE; MOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SWIMMING;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; LITHIUM; MALE; MICE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS; PHENELZINE; QUININE; SWIMMING; TRANYLCYPROMINE;

EID: 0036289922     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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