Re: SSRIs effects on prefrontal cortex.

Posted by Dave001 on October 23, 2005, at 14:41:38

In reply to Re: SSRIs effects on prefrontal cortex. » lostforwards, posted by Shawn. T. on October 20, 2005, at 1:13:28

> You're correct about Prozac. Celexa, being a more selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor than Prozac, does not increase extracellular norepinephrine and dopamine levels in the prefrontal cortex.
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> See Bymaster et al., 2002: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11919662
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Address: Neuroscience Research Division, Lilly Research Laboratories, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN 46285-0510, USA. F.Bymaster@Lilly.com
Is it really any wonder why Prozac accomplished what none of the other SSRIs did? ;-) Furthermore, the subjects were rats, and the significance of the results is not known.
Not that studies involving other antidepressants are funded from sources outside of industry...

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