The lumped constant of α-methyl-l-tryptophan is not influenced by drugs acting through serotonergic system

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 826-832

  Pivac, Nela ^a,b   Diksic, Mirko ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

14C tryptophan; Autoradiography; d,l Fenfluramine; Fluoxetine; Lumped constant; Rat brain; Saline; Serotonin synthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; FENFLURAMINE; FLUOXETINE; N METHYLTRYPTOPHAN; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

RATTUS;

EID: 79955674767     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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