The thyroid hormone, triiodothyronine, enhances fluoxetine-induced neurogenesis in rats: Possible role in antidepressant-augmenting properties

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 553-561

  Eitan, Renana ^a   Landshut, Galit ^a   Lifschytz, Tzuri ^a   Einstein, Ofira ^b   Ben Hur, Tamir ^b   Lerer, Bernard ^a  

^a Biological Psychiatry Laboratory   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Hippocampal neurogenesis; Novelty suppressed feeding test; T3; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOUBLECORTIN; FLUOXETINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUOXETINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; RATS; THYROID HORMONES; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 77953543845     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145709990769     Document Type: Article

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