Changes in rat hippocampal CA1 synapses following imipramine treatment

Hippocampus

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 631-639

  Chen, Fenghua ^a,b   Madsen, Torsten M ^b,c   Wegener, Gregers ^b   Nyengaard, Jens R ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Depression; Spine synapse; Stereology; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

IMIPRAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CELL COUNT; DENDRITIC SPINES; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMIPRAMINE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 47749114182     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20423     Document Type: Article

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