Relevance of norepinephrine-dopamine interactions in the treatment of major depressive disorder

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  El Mansari, Mostafa ^a   Guiard, Bruno P ^a   Chernoloz, Olga ^a   Ghanbari, Ramez ^a   Katz, Noam ^a   Blier, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Major depressive disorder; Norepinephrine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

1 [1 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)CYCLOBUTYL] 3 METHYLBUTANAMINE; 2 (2 METHOXY 1,4 BENZODIOXAN 2 YL) 2 IMIDAZOLINE; 2 [[(7 FLUORO 4 INDANYL)OXY]METHYL]MORPHOLINE; AMFEBUTAMONE; APOMORPHINE; ATOMOXETINE; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CLONIDINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOPAMINE; ESCITALOPRAM; HALOPERIDOL; IDAZOXAN; IMIPRAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; NOMIFENSINE; NORADRENALIN; PLACEBO; PRAMIPEXOLE; PRAZOSIN; QUETIAPINE; RACLOPRIDE; REBOXETINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANOXERINE; YOHIMBINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BINDING SITE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; LOCUS CERULEUS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE;

EID: 77952226281     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2010.00146.x     Document Type: Review

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