Specific tricyclic antidepressant binding sites in rat brain
Specific tricyclic antidepressant binding sites in rat brain
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大鼠脑中特定的三环类抗抑郁药结合位点
DOI:
10.1038/281148a0
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发表时间:
1979
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
S. Z. Langer
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文献类型:
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作者:
R. Raisman;M. Briley;S. Z. Langer
The discovery of high-affinity binding sites for psychoactive drugs such as benzodiazepines1,2, opiates3 and neuroleptics4 has opened up new approaches to the study of these drugs and their mechanisms of action. Although most tricyclic antidepressants inhibit neuronal uptake of noradrenaline and serotonin5, their mechanism of action remains unclear. Changes in the sensitivity of the β-receptor after chronic tricyclic antidepressant treatment6,7 suggest that they modulate noradrenergic neuro-transmission. Tricyclic antidepressants also act directly on cholinergic8, histaminergic9, α-adrenergic10 and serotonergic11 receptors. It is not clear, however, which, if any, of these effects are related to the primary antidepressant effect or whether they are simply responsible for some of the side effects. We have thus investigated the possibility that specific binding sites for tricyclic antidepressants exist in the central nervous system. So far, binding studies using 3H-labelled tricyclic antidepressant drugs have only detected binding to histaminergic H2 and cholinergic muscarinic receptors12 and low-affinity binding13. We demonstrate here a population of specific high-affinity binding sites for 3H-imipramine on brain membranes which may be responsible for the antidepressant effects of these drugs.
影响因子:
3.8
作者:
Lorton,D;Bartolome,J;Slotkin,TA;Davis,JN
通讯作者:
Davis,JN