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Genotype-dependent activity of tryptophan hydroxylase-2 determines the response to citalopram in a mouse model of depression.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 7 Sept 2005
Cervo Luigi, Canetta Alessandro, Calcagno Eleonora, Burbassi Silvia, Sacchetti Giuseppina, Caccia Silvio, Fracasso Claudia, Albani Diego, Forloni Gianluigi, Invernizzi Roberto W
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphism of tryptophan hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of brain serotonin (5-HT), is associated with less synthesis of brain 5-HT in DBA/2J and BALB/c than in C57BL/6J and 129/Sv mice. We selected the forced swimming test, a mouse model used to assess the antidepressant potential of drugs, and neurochemical techniques to study strain differences in the response to citalopram, a...
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