Comparative study of neuroprotective effect of tricyclics vs. trazodone on animal model of depressive disorder

Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 397-400

  Marinescu, Ileana P ^a   Predescu, Anca ^a   Udristoiu T ^a   Marinescu, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Cholinergic blockade; Frontal cortex; Hippocampus; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865042070     PISSN: 12200522     EISSN: 20668279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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