Effects of reboxetine and citalopram pretreatment on changes in cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript (CART) expression in rat brain induced by the forced swimming test

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 647, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 110-116

  Kang, Seungwoo ^a   Kim, Hyun Ju ^a   Kim, Hyun Jung ^a   Shin, Seung Keon ^a   Choi, Sun Hye ^a   Lee, Min Soo ^a   Shin, Kyung Ho ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Central nucleus of the amygdala; Citalopram; Cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript (CART); Forced swimming test (FST); Locus ceruleus; Nucleus accumbens; Reboxetine; Stress

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; CORTICOSTERONE; MESSENGER RNA; PLACEBO; REBOXETINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; AMPHETAMINE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CITALOPRAM; COCAINE; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MORPHOLINES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SWIMMING;

EID: 77957324822     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.08.023     Document Type: Article

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