The same antidepressant elicits contrasting patterns of synaptic changes in the amygdala vs hippocampus

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2702-2711

  Pillai, Anup Gopalakrishna ^a   Anilkumar, Shobha ^a   Chattarji, Sumantra ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

AMPA; amygdala; dendritic remodeling; excitability; NMDA; stress

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; TIANEPTINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTRACTING; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVITY; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DRUG EFFICACY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES; THIAZEPINES;

EID: 84867578212     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2012.135     Document Type: Article

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