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Antidepressant-like profile and reduced sensitivity to rolipram in mice deficient in the PDE4D phosphodiesterase enzyme.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Oct 2002
Zhang Han-Ting, Huang Ying, Jin S-L, Frith Sandra A, Suvarna Neesha, Conti Marco, O'Donnell James M
Abstract excerpt
Pharmacological inhibition of type 4 cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-specific phosphodiesterase (PDE4) produces antidepressant-like effects in animals; however, it is not known which of the four PDE4 subtypes mediates these actions. In the present study, immunoblot analysis showed loss of phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D) expression in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus of PDE4D knockout (PDE4D-/-) mice, but...
Topics
- 3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases
- Adrenergic beta-Agonists
- Animals
- Antidepressive Agents
- Behavior, Animal
- Brain
- Cyclic AMP
- Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 4
- Depressive Disorder, Major
