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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurochem Int. 2008 Nov 27;54(3-4):161–171. doi: 10.1016/j.neuint.2008.08.012

Table 3.

Regional 5-HT synthesis ratesa (mean± SD [pmol/g/min]) in sham rats treated with either vehicle (SVV), citalopram alone (SCV) or in combination with pindolol (SCP).

Region Predominant Nucleus of Origin SVVa
(n=9)
SCVa
(n=9)
% change in SCV relative to SVV SCPa
(n=9)
% change in SCP relative to SCV
aPCX DR 21 ± 6 34 ± 8 61* 45 ± 10 32#
pPCX DR 27 ± 6 42 ± 7 55* 52 ± 10 22#
FCX DR 18 ± 6 38 ± 9 112* 56 ± 13 46#
SCX DR 12 ± 5 32 ± 8 164* 52 ± 10 61#
AudCX DR 13 ± 6 43 ± 7 238* 60 ± 11 39#
VCX DR 19 ± 5 43 ± 7 129* 60 ± 10 40#
BNST DR 31 ± 6 41 ± 9 34* 53 ± 11 30#
Nacc DR 40 ± 7 52 ± 9 31* 56 ± 11 ns
CPL DR 22 ± 7 35 ± 8 59* 49 ± 9 39#
CPM DR 34 ± 8 46 ± 9 37* 58 ± 11 25#
CPV DR 34 ± 8 50 ± 8 47* 54 ± 11 ns
GP DR 21 ± 7 37 ± 6 78* 47 ± 9 30#
AC-Amyg DR 27 ± 6 43 ± 8 61* 55 ± 10 29#
CN-Amyg DR 28 ± 6 47 ± 6 68* 59 ± 13 26#
BLN-Am DR 30 ± 6 52 ± 7 71* 59 ± 9 ns
PV-Thal DR 25 ± 8 42 ± 9 69* 71 ± 13 69#
SNc DR 20 ± 6 38 ± 9 87* 58 ± 12 52#
LC DR 28 ± 8 47 ± 8 69* 61 ± 8 30#

MOA MR 36 ± 5 46 ± 8 ns 55 ± 10 20#
MOCX MR 26 ± 6 42 ± 8 59* 49 ± 10 ns
IFLCX MR 32 ± 5 41 ± 8 29* 54 ± 10 30#
CgCX MR 21 ± 6 35 ± 8 67* 48 ± 11 39#
SCH MR 36 ± 7 46 ± 12 ns 60 ± 14 30#
Hipp-d MR 30 ± 6 50 ± 7 66* 56 ± 9 ns
DG MR 29 ± 6 50 ± 7 75* 56 ± 9 ns
CA3 MR 46 ± 16 55 ± 7 ns 51 ± 10 ns

DR 99 ± 11 83 ± 11 -16* 90 ± 15 ns

MR 69 ± 10 59 ± 10 ns 81 ± 12 38*

Region names: medal anterior olfactory area (MOA); cortical areas- medial orbital (MOCX), infralimbic (IFLCX), anterior cingulate (CgCX), anterior and posterior pyriform (aPCX and pPCX), primary motor (FCX), somatosensory (SCX), auditory (AudCX), and visual (VCX); amygdala areas- anterior cortical (AC-Amyg), central nucleus (CN-Amyg), basolateral nucleus (BLN-Amyg); subcortical areas- bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST), nucleus accumbens (Nacc), caudate-putamen (lateral-CPL; medial-CPM; ventral-CPV), globus pallidus (GP), paraventricular thalamus (PV-Thal), suprachiasmic nucleus (SCH), dorsal hippocampus (Hipp-d), dentate gyrus (dorsal; DG), CA3 (dorsal; CA3), substantia nigra compacta (SNc), locus coeruleus (LC), median raphe (MR), dorsal raphe (DR).

*

Significant difference between SVV and SCV groups.

#

Significant difference between SCV and SCP groups.

ns, not significant.