Short-term treatment with the antidepressant fluoxetine triggers pyramidal dendritic spine synapse formation in rat hippocampus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1299-1303

  Hajszan, Tibor ^a,b   MacLusky, Neil J ^c   Leranth, Csaba ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Mood disorder; Synaptic plasticity; Unbiased stereology

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DENDRITIC SPINES; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17144385440     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.03968.x     Document Type: Article

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