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Changes in brain orexin levels in a rat model of depression induced by neonatal administration of clomipramine.
Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) - 1 Sept 2008
Feng P, Vurbic D, Wu Z, Hu Y, Strohl K P
Abstract excerpt
Depression is associated with a deficiency of serotonergic neurons that have been found to suppress orexinergic neurons, which in turn activate these neurons in a feedback loop. This evidence suggests that orexins may be involved in the pathology of depression. Long Evans rats were treated with clomipramine (CLI) and saline (SAL) from postnatal days 8 through 21. One set of rats from both groups was sacrificed at...
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