Effects of repeated maprotiline and fluoxetine treatment on gene expression of catecholamine synthesizing enzymes in adrenal medulla of unstressed and stressed rats

Autonomic and Autacoid Pharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 213-217

  Spasojevic, N ^a   Gavrilovic, L ^a   Dronjak, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

adrenal medulla; antidepressants; catecholamine; gene expression

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; FLUOXETINE; FLUXILAN; MAPROTILINE; NORADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; EPINEPHRINE; FLUOXETINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; MAPROTILINE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 77956412810     PISSN: 14748665     EISSN: 14748673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-8673.2010.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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