Wolf MA, Louis JC, Vincendon G. Antidepressant effect of lithium: a neurochemical study on neuronal uptake of norepinephrine and serotonin.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 1989;
13:765-73. [PMID:
2781044 DOI:
10.1016/0278-5846(89)90063-8]
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Abstract
1. The effect of lithium chloride on neuronal uptake of norepinephrine and serotonin was explored on a pure culture of chicken neurons. While an acute lithium treatment (25 minutes) proves ineffective, a long-term treatment (7 days) decreases the uptake of serotonin and increases the uptake of norepinephrine. 2. The combined administration of lithium (7 days) and clomipramine (25 minutes) appears to have a greater effect on the uptake of serotonin than a treatment limited to only one of the two products. 3. The clinical implications of these results are discussed while emphasizing the interest of lithium in the treatment of depression.
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