Pharmacology of drugs used in the treatment of mood disorders

Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 162-166

  Gartside, Sarah ^a   Cowen, Philip ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anticonvulsant; antidepressant; atypical antipsychotic; bipolar disorder; depression; mania resistant depression; mood disorder; mood stabiliser; noradrenaline; serotonin (5 HT); SNRI; SSRI

Indexed keywords

AGOMELATINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DULOXETINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; MIFEPRISTONE; MIRTAZAPINE; MOCLOBEMIDE; MONOAMINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PHENELZINE; PINDOLOL; REBOXETINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRANYLCYPROMINE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

AGITATION; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DROWSINESS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSTHYMIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33846176065     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1383/psyt.2006.5.5.162     Document Type: Article

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