Pharmacological profiles in rats of novel antipsychotics with combined dopamine D2/serotonin 5-HT1A activity: comparison with typical and atypical conventional …

L Bardin, A Auclair, MS Kleven… - Behavioural …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Combining antagonist/partial agonist activity at dopamine D 2 and agonist activity at
serotonin 5-HT 1A receptors is one of the approaches that has recently been chosen to …

Differential regulation of hippocampal BDNF mRNA by typical and atypical antipsychotic administration

J Chlan-Fourney, P Ashe, K Nylen, AV Juorio, XM Li - Brain research, 2002 - Elsevier
Apart from their differential propensities to block dopamine D2 and serotonin 5-HT2
receptors, the molecular mechanisms underlying the clinical efficacy of typical and atypical …

Augmentation of fluoxetine's antidepressant action by pindolol: analysis of clinical, pharmacokinetic, and methodologic factors

V Pérez, D Puigdemont, I Gilaberte… - Journal of clinical …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
In a controlled trial, the β-adrenoceptor/5-hydroxytryptamine-1A (5-HT 1A) receptor
antagonist pindolol accelerated and enhanced the antidepressant effect of fluoxetine. The …

The anticonvulsant action of fluoxetine in substantia nigra is dependent upon endogenous serotonin

A Pasini, A Tortorella, K Gale - Brain research, 1996 - Elsevier
Fluoxetine, a serotonin (5-HT) reuptake inhibitor, has been documented to exert a protective
action against convulsive seizures in animal models, when administered either systemically …

Fluvoxamine: a review of its pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties, and therapeutic efficacy in depressive illness

P Benfield, A Ward - Drugs, 1986 - Springer
Synopsis: Fluvoxamine 1 is a new antidepressant which potently and specifically inhibits
neuronal reuptake of serotonin. In the absence of other major pharmacological effects it …

Blockage of 5HT2C serotonin receptors by fluoxetine (Prozac)

YG Ni, R Miledi - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 1997 - National Acad Sciences
Fluoxetine (Prozac) inhibited the membrane currents elicited by serotonin (5-
hydroxytryptamine; 5HT) in Xenopus oocytes expressing either cloned 5HT2C receptors or …

Fluoxetine: a review of its use in anxiety disorders and mixed anxiety and depression

M Hurst, HM Lamb - CNS drugs, 2000 - Springer
Abstract Fluoxetine is a selective serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) reuptake inhibitor
(SSRI). Although its mechanism of action in anxiety disorders is unclear, it is thought to act …

Comparative neuropharmacology of buspirone and MJ-13805, a potential anti-anxiety drug

BA McMillen, LA Mattiace - Journal of Neural Transmission, 1983 - Springer
Buspirone is a clinically efficacious anti-anxiety drug without any other benzodiazepine-like
activity. Although buspirone can displace ligands for dopamine (DA) receptors, its …

The contribution of metabolites to the rapid and potent down-regulation of rat cortical β-adrenoceptors by the putative antidepressant sibutramine hydrochloride

GP Luscombe, RH Hopcroft, PC Thomas… - Neuropharmacology, 1989 - Elsevier
Sibutramine HCl is an inhibitor of the reuptake of monoamines with a pharmacological
profile in rodents indicative of antidepressant activity. The secondary (BTS 54 354) and …

Isoflurane produces antidepressant effects inducing BDNF-TrkB signaling in CUMS mice

SS Zhang, YH Tian, SJ Jin, WC Wang, JX Zhao… - …, 2019 - Springer
Rationale The volatile anesthetic isoflurane is suggested to produce a rapid and robust
antidepressive effect in preliminary clinical trials. Recently, isoflurane was found to activate …