Contribution of the stress-induced degeneration of the locus coeruleus noradrenergic neurons to the pathophysiology of depression: A study on an animal model

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 190-199

  Kitayama, Isao T ^a   Otani, Masato ^b   Murase, Sumio ^c  

^a Kitayama Psychosomatic Clinic and Institute   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Depression model; Hypothesis; Imipramine; Locus coeruleus; Noradrenaline; Regeneration; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CHLORPROMAZINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMIPRAMINE; MAPROTILINE; MILNACIPRAN; NORADRENALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TECIPTILINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM FLOW; CATECHOLAMINE METABOLISM; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HYPOTHESIS; LOCUS CERULEUS; LYSOSOME; MICROGLIA; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SPIKE; STRESS;

EID: 10844248228     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0924-2708.2004.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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