@article{fc4040d6c755463a95a5a4f954e2e538,
title = "Up-regulatory effect of triphasic oral contraceptive on platelet 3H-imipramine binding sites",
abstract = "Triphasic oral contraceptive (Logynon) induced a significant increase (36%) in the maximal binding capacity of platelet membranes for [3H]imipramine. The increase was achieved in the second Logynon cycle as compared to pretreatment and first Logynon cycle binding values. The pill contains a combination of ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel, and it is as yet unclear which of the two hormones is responsible for the up-regulatory effect. The increase in the density of platelet imipramine binding sites may reflect a similar alteration in brain. The increase in imipramine binding did not correlate with alteration in mood as assessed by Beck Depression Inventory scores.",
keywords = "Oral contraceptive, ethinyl estradiol, platelets, progesterone, tricyclic antidepressants",
author = "Abraham Weizman and Hannah Morgenstern and Boris Kaplan and Zamir Amiri and Sam Tyano and Yardena Ovadia and Moshe Rehavi",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgment. This researchw ass upportedb y grants from the Schreiber Foundation, the United States-Israel BSF (grant no. 84-00361) and from the Israel Institute for Psychobiology, Charles E. Smith Family Foundation (grant no. 6-87-6) to Moshe Rehavi.",
year = "1988",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/0165-1781(88)90031-5",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "23",
pages = "23--29",
journal = "Psychiatry Research",
issn = "0165-1781",
publisher = "Elsevier Ireland Ltd",
number = "1",
}