Francesc Artigas

Research interests

Publications

• Vortioxetine, a novel antidepressant with multimodal activity: Review of preclinical and clinical data

  Pharmacology & Therapeutics · 2014 · 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2014.07.001

• Serotonin 5-HT1A Receptors as Targets for Agents to Treat Psychiatric Disorders: Rationale and Current Status of Research

  CNS Drugs · 2013 · 10.1007/s40263-013-0071-0

• Serotonin modulation of cortical neurons and networks

  DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2013.00025

• Serotonin receptors involved in antidepressant effects

  Pharmacology & Therapeutics · 2012 · 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2012.09.006

• A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, active reference study of Lu AA21004 in patients with major depressive disorder

  The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2011 · 10.1017/s1461145711001027

• Deep brain stimulation of the subcallosal cingulate gyrus: further evidence in treatment-resistant major depression

  The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2011 · 10.1017/s1461145711001088

• Quantitative Analysis of the Expression of Dopamine D1 and D2 Receptors in Pyramidal and GABAergic Neurons of the Rat Prefrontal Cortex

  Cerebral Cortex · 2008 · 10.1093/cercor/bhn134

• The Hallucinogen DOI Reduces Low-Frequency Oscillations in Rat Prefrontal Cortex: Reversal by Antipsychotic Drugs

  Biological Psychiatry · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.03.013

• Clozapine and Haloperidol Differently Suppress the MK-801-Increased Glutamatergic and Serotonergic Transmission in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex of the Rat

  Neuropsychopharmacology · 2007 · 10.1038/sj.npp.1301356

• Involvement of 5-HT1AReceptors in Prefrontal Cortex in the Modulation of Dopaminergic Activity: Role in Atypical Antipsychotic Action

  Journal of Neuroscience · 2005 · 10.1523/jneurosci.2999-05.2005

• The activation of 5‐HT2A receptors in prefrontal cortex enhances dopaminergic activity

  Journal of Neurochemistry · 2005 · 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03485.x

• The somatodendritic release of dopamine in the ventral tegmental area and its regulation by afferent transmitter systems

  Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · 2004 · 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2004.05.001

• The therapeutic role of 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A receptors in depression.

  PubMed · 2004

• The therapeutic role of 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A receptors in depression

  Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience · 2004 · 10.1139/jpn.0427

• Origin and functional role of the extracellular serotonin in the midbrain raphe nuclei

  Brain Research Reviews · 2002 · 10.1016/s0165-0173(02)00182-0

• Control of Serotonergic Function in Medial Prefrontal Cortex by Serotonin-2A Receptors through a Glutamate-Dependent Mechanism

  Journal of Neuroscience · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.21-24-09856.2001

• How does pindolol improve antidepressant action?

  Trends in Pharmacological Sciences · 2001 · 10.1016/s0165-6147(00)01682-5

• Control of Dorsal Raphe Serotonergic Neurons by the Medial Prefrontal Cortex: Involvement of Serotonin-1A, GABAA, and Glutamate Receptors

  Journal of Neuroscience · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.21-24-09917.2001

• Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of pindolol in combination with fluoxetine antidepressant treatment

  The Lancet · 1997 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(96)08007-5

• Comparative Study in the Rat of the Actions of Different Types of Stress on the Release of 5-HT in Raphe Nuclei and Forebrain Areas

  Neuropharmacology · 1997 · 10.1016/s0028-3908(97)00048-8

• Role of 5‐HT1Aautoreceptors in the mechanism of action of serotoninergic antidepressant drugs: recent findings from in vivo microdialysis studies

  Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology · 1996 · 10.1111/j.1472-8206.1996.tb00145.x

• Acceleration of the effect of selected antidepressant drugs in major depression by 5-HT1A antagonists

  Trends in Neurosciences · 1996 · 10.1016/s0166-2236(96)10037-0

• Pindolol Induces a Rapid Improvement of Depressed Patients Treated With Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

  Archives of General Psychiatry · 1994 · 10.1001/archpsyc.1994.03950030084009

• 5-HT and antidepressants: new views from microdialysis studies

  Trends in Pharmacological Sciences · 1993 · 10.1016/0165-6147(93)90125-4

• Chronic treatment with fluvoxamine increases extracellular serotonin in frontal cortex but not in raphe nuclei

  Synapse · 1993 · 10.1002/syn.890150310

• Fluvoxamine preferentially increases extracellular 5-hydroxytryptamine in the raphe nuclei: An in vivo microdialysis study

  European Journal of Pharmacology · 1992 · 10.1016/0014-2999(92)90292-c

• Differential effects of clomipramine given locally or systemically on extracellular 5-hydroxytryptamine in raphe nuclei and frontal cortex

  Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology · 1991 · 10.1007/bf00251121

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