St. John’s Wort enhances the synaptic activity of the nucleus of the solitary tract

OBJECTIVE: St. John’s Wort extract, which is commonly used to treat depression, inhibits the reuptake of several neurotransmitters, including glutamate, serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. Glutamatergic visceral vagal afferents synapse upon neurons of the solitary tract (NST); thus, we evaluate...

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Main Authors: Vance, Katie M., Ribnicky, David M., Hermann, Gerlinda E., Rogers, Richard C.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4128486/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24985104
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2014.02.008
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