Mood-stimulating drugs used primarily in the treatment of affective disorders and related conditions. Several MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS are useful as antidepressants apparently as a long-term consequence of their modulation of catecholamine levels. The tricyclic compounds useful as antidepressive agents (ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC) also appear to act through brain catecholamine systems. A third group (ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION) is a diverse group of drugs including some that act specifically on serotonergic systems.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D000928
altLabel
Thymoanaleptics
Thymoleptics
Drugs, Antidepressant
Agents, Antidepressive
Antidepressant Drugs
Antidepressants
AN
GEN or unspecified; prefer specific groups or specific antidepressive agents; consider also DEPRESSION /drug ther
AQL
AD AE AN BL CF CH CL CS EC HI IM IP ME PD PK PO RE SD ST TO TU UR
cui
C0040094
C0003289
C0040098
DC
1
definition
Mood-stimulating drugs used primarily in the treatment of affective disorders and related conditions. Several MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS are useful as antidepressants apparently as a long-term consequence of their modulation of catecholamine levels. The tricyclic compounds useful as antidepressive agents (ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC) also appear to act through brain catecholamine systems. A third group (ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION) is a diverse group of drugs including some that act specifically on serotonergic systems.
DX
19660101
FX
D008996
HN
66; PSYCHIC ENERGIZERS was see ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS 1963-94; THYMOLEPTICS was see TRANQUILIZING AGENTS 1969-78