The antidepressants venlafaxine ("Effexor") and fluoxetine ("Prozac") produce different effects on locomotion in two species of marine snail, the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea) and the starsnail (Lithopoma americanum)

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 89-94

  Fong, Peter P ^a   Bury, Taylor B ^a   Dworkin Brodsky, Abigail D ^a   Jasion, Christina M ^a   Kell, Rose C ^a  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Aquatic; Ecotoxicology; Gastropod; Locomotion; Marine ecology; Molluscs; Snails

Indexed keywords

AIR; BIPED LOCOMOTION; DRILLS; ECOLOGY; INFILL DRILLING; PHASE INTERFACES; SHELLFISH;

ANTIDEPRESSANT; AQUATIC; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; GASTROPOD; MARINE ECOLOGY; SNAILS;

MOLLUSCS;

FLUOXETINE; VENLAFAXINE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DRUG; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GASTROPOD; LOCOMOTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOLLUSC; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SNAIL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAWLING SPEED; DRUG CONCENTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; FOOT DETACHMENT; LITHOPOMA AMERICANUM; LOCOMOTION; LOWEST OBSERVED EFFECT CONCENTRATION; MARINE SNAIL; NONHUMAN; TIME TO REACH THE AIR WATER INTERFACE; UROSALPINX CINEREA; ANIMALS; DRUG EFFECTS; SNAILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GASTROPODA; LITHOPOMA; LITHOPOMA AMERICANUM; MOLLUSCA; STRAMONITA HAEMASTOMA; UROSALPINX; UROSALPINX CINEREA;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; FLUOXETINE; LOCOMOTION; SNAILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84919346273     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.11.010     Document Type: Article

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