Features on peer-reviewed research by scientists at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.
Professor Heinz Steiner's team found that the antidepressant vilazodone suppressed involuntary movements caused by levodopa in a rat model of Parkinson's disease without blunting levodopa's motor benefits.
Professor Heinz Steiner's team found in rats that, unlike fluoxetine, the antidepressant vilazodone does not amplify methylphenidate's effects on gene regulation in the striatum.
Professor Heinz Steiner's team found that adding the antidepressant fluoxetine to methylphenidate amplified the stimulant's effects in rats, and some of those rats later took more cocaine.
