Paroxetine-induced increase in activity of locus coeruleus neurons in adolescent rats: Implication of a countertherapeutic effect of an antidepressant

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1653-1663

  West, Charles Hutchison Keesor ^a   Ritchie, James Carl ^a   Weiss, Jay Michael ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AD; Adolescent; LC; PAR; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

PAROXETINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SWIMMING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NEURONS; PAROXETINE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953581967     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2010.34     Document Type: Article

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