Cell body autoreceptors inhibit firing (and release)
NA/5-HT neurotransmission
Removal of transmitter from synaptic cleft by high affinity reuptake transporter
Antidepressants: drugs in the treatment of depression
Sasha Gartside School of Neurology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry Psychiatry Research Laboratories
Introduction
– Intraneuronal metabolism – Reuptake
Major classes of antidepressant
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors • Reversible, irreversible • Selective, non-selective Monoamine reuptake inhibitors • Selective, non-selective
NA & 5-HT receptors
receptors on presynaptic and postsynaptic membranes
Presynaptic neurone
Post-synaptic neurone
NA Receptors
, G-protein linked 1 -stimulate PI cycle 2 -inhibit adenylate cyclase, open K+ channels 1,2,3 -stimulate adenylate cyclase