Antidepressants : neurochemical, behavioral, and clinical perspectives / editors, S.J. Enna, Jeffrey B. Malick, Elliott Richelson.

New York : Raven Press, [1981], ©1981.

x, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Enhancement of monoaminergic neurotransmission by antidepressant drugs / Ray W. Fuller -- Chronic antidepressant administration and adaptive changes in central monoaminergic systems / Michael F. Sugrue -- Down-regulation of the central noradrenergic receptor system by antidepressant therapies / Philip L. Mobley and Fridolin Sulser -- Tricyclic antidepressants / Elliott Richelson -- Interactions of antidepressants with neurotransmitter receptor sites / Stephen J. Peroutka and Solmon H. Snyder -- Effect of chronic antidepressant administration on brain neurotransmitter receptor binding / S.J. Enna ... [et al.] -- Empirical behavioral models of depression, with emphasis on tetrabenazine antagonism / James L. Howard, Francis E. Soroko, and Barrett R. Cooper -- Behavioral despair / R.D. Porsolt -- Yohimbine potentiation as a predictor of antidepressant action / Jeffrey B. Malick -- Neurophysiologic techniques and antidepressive activity / Ronald G. Babington -- Lithium ion as an antidepressant / T. Alan Ramsey and Joe Mendels -- Plasma levels of tricyclic antidepressants and clinic efficacy / S. Craig Risch, David S. Janowsky, and Leighton Y. Huey -- An overview of new "second generation" antidepressant compounds / B. Shopsin, G.B. Cassano, and L. Conti.

Includes bibliographical references and index