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Desipramine

地昔帕明

Mechanism of action:

Desipramine 是一種三環抗憂鬱藥(tricyclic antidepressant),為米帕明(imipramine)的主要活性代謝物。Desipramine 能抑制正腎上腺素轉運體(norepinephrine transporter),阻斷突觸前神經元對正腎上腺素的回收,使突觸間正腎上腺素濃度上升,延長其在突觸後受體上的作用時間,進而調節與情緒、注意力與能量狀態相關的中樞神經傳導功能。

​Reference(s):

1. Zavosh A et al. (1999). Desipramine treatment decreases 3H-nisoxetine binding and norepinephrine transporter mRNA in SK-N-SHSY5Y cells. Brain Res Bull. 


2. Weinshenker D et al. (2002). Regulation of norepinephrine transporter abundance by catecholamines and desipramine in vivo. Brain Res.

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