Acute desipramine treatment reduces regional serotonin synthesis rates, while chronic treatment elevates rates, in a rat model of depression: An autoradiographic study

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 759-766

  Sato, Hiroki ^a,c   Skelin, Ivan ^a,d   Diksic, Mirko ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Desipramine; FRL rats; FSL rats; Serotonin synthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; DESIPRAMINE; N METHYLTRYPTOPHAN; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; LONG TERM CARE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DESIPRAMINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; SEROTONIN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79955644630     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2011.02.024     Document Type: Article

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