Chronic administration of citalopram in olfactory bulbectomy rats restores brain 5-HT synthesis rates: An autoradiographic study

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 781-790

  Hasegawa, Shu ^a,b   Watanabe, Arata ^a,c   Nguyen, Khanh Q ^a   Debonnel, Guy ^d   Diksic, Mirko ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Methyl L tryptophan; Autoradiography; Citalopram; Olfactory bulbectomy; Serotonin synthesis rate

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CITALOPRAM; N METHYLTRYPTOPHAN; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULBECTOMY; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CITALOPRAM; HEMATOCRIT; KINETICS; MALE; OLFACTORY BULB; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 20044392347     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-004-2122-1     Document Type: Article

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