Tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity in the locus coeruleus is elevated in violent suicidal depressive patients

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 258, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 513-520

  Gos, Tomasz ^a,b   Krell, Dieter ^b   Bielau, Hendrik ^b   Brisch, Ralf ^b   Trübner, Kurt ^c   Steiner, Johann ^b   Bernstein, Hans Gert ^b   Jankowski, Zbigniew ^a   Bogerts, Bernhard ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Locus coeruleus; Noradrenalin; Suicide; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CADAVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SUICIDE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 58249103062     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-008-0825-8     Document Type: Article

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