Effects of chronic antidepressant drug administration and electroconvulsive shock on activity of dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmentum

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-210

  West, Charles H K ^a   Weiss, Jay M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressant drug; dopamine; electroconvulsive shock; ventral tegmentum

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; DOPAMINE; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DOPAMINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; ELECTROSHOCK; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 79952771129     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145710000489     Document Type: Article

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