A cortical GABA-5HT interaction in the mechanism of action of the antidepressant trazodone

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1117-1127

  Luparini, Maria Rita ^a   Garrone, Beatrice ^a   Pazzagli, Marta ^b   Pinza, Mario ^a   Pepeu, Giancarlo ^b  

^a Università Politecnica delle Marche ACRAF Gruppo Angelini   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amino butyric acid (GABA); GABA 5HT interactions; Microdialysis; Serotonin (5 HT); Trazodone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BICUCULLINE; CITALOPRAM; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAZODONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; SYNAPTOSOME;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; BICUCULLINE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SYNAPTOSOMES; TRAZODONE;

EID: 10944235483     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2004.05.046     Document Type: Article

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