Cowen P J
Department of Psychiatry, Oxford University, United Kingdom.
Am J Psychiatry. 1988 Jun;145(6):740-1. doi: 10.1176/ajp.145.6.740.
Unlike tricyclic antidepressants and monoamine oxidase inhibitors, mianserin did not increase prolactin response to the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) precursor tryptophan in nine patients with major depression. Antidepressant drugs apparently produce dissimilar effects on this aspect of brain 5-HT function in depressed patients.