Preclinical approaches to examine novel concepts of the pathophysiology of depressive disorders: Lessons learned from tree shrews

Drug Development Research

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 309-317

  Fuchs, Eberhard ^a,b   Czéh, Boldizsár ^a   Flügge, Gabriele ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal models; Clomipramine; Fluoxetine; L 760735; Tianeptine

Indexed keywords

5 [[2 [1 [3,5 BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL]ETHOXY] 3 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 4 MORPHOLINYL]METHYL] N,N DIMETHYL 1H 1,2,3 TRIAZOLE 4 METHANAMINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; APREPITANT; CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; LITHIUM; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PARVALBUMIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TIANEPTINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; DRUG PENETRATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 28444437839     PISSN: 02724391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ddr.20032     Document Type: Review

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