Antidepressant drug treatment induces Arc gene expression in the rat brain.
The mechanism underlying the therapeutic effect of antidepressants is not known but neuroadaptive processes akin to long-term potentiation have been postulated. Arc (Activity-regulated, cytoskeletal-associated protein) is an effector immediate early gene implicated in LTP and other forms of neuropla...
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Format: | Journal article |
Idioma: | English |
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2003
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