Agomelatine, a New Antidepressant, Induces Regional Changes in Hippocampal Neurogenesis

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1087-1096

  Banasr, Mounira ^a   Soumier, Amélie ^a   Hery, Micheline ^a   Mocaër, Elisabeth ^b   Daszuta, Annie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

Author keywords

adult rat; Anxiety; differentiation; proliferation; survival; ventral hippocampus

Indexed keywords

AGOMELATINE;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETAMIDES; ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DENTATE GYRUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33744919791     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.11.025     Document Type: Article

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