The role of serotonin in adult hippocampal neurogenesis

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 277, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-57

  Alenina, Natalia ^a   Klempin, Friederike ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 HT receptor; Antidepressant; BrdU; Neurogenic niche; Neuromodulator; TPH2

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FENCLONINE; FLUOXETINE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2B RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG TARGETING; GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MOUSE STRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEMORY DISORDER; MONOAMINE METABOLISM; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PHARMACOLOGICAL STIMULATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SEROTONIN DEFICIENCY; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOOD DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROGENESIS; SEROTONIN;

EID: 84912123527     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.07.038     Document Type: Review

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