Norepinephrine transporter regulation mediates the long-term behavioral effects of the antidepressant desipramine

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3190-3200

  Zhao, Zaorui ^a   Baros, Alicia M ^b   Zhang, Han Ting ^a   Lapiz, M Danet S ^c   Bondi, Corina O ^c   Morilak, David A ^c   O'Donnell, James M ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

methyl p tyrosine; Antidepressant drugs; Depression; Desipramine; Norepinephrine; Norepinephrine transporter

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; DINORIMIPRAMINE; DRUG METABOLITE; METIROSINE; NISOXETINE; NORADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ALPHA-METHYLTYROSINE; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DESIPRAMINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLUOXETINE; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; NOREPINEPHRINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME;

EID: 57349112330     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2008.45     Document Type: Article

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