The complex role of the serotonin transporter in adult neurogenesis and neuroplasticity. A critical review

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 240-247

  Benninghoff, Jens ^a   Van Der Ven, Amelie ^a   Schloesser, Robert J ^b   Moessner, Rainald ^c   Möller, Hans Jürgen ^a   Rujescu, Dan ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Neurogenesis; Neuroplasticity; Serotonin; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; FENFLURAMINE; FLUVOXAMINE; NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SERTRALINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG INTERACTION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MONOAMINE NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84860478554     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15622975.2011.640941     Document Type: Review

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