SSRIs are chemically distinct from traditional antidepressants such as tricyclic, tetracyclic, and monoamine oxidase inhibitors, but they share the same mechanism of action in that selectively potently inhibit serotonin neuronal reuptake while having no or very little effect on norepinephrine, acetylcholine, histamine reuptake. As a result, when compared to other tricyclic tetracyclic antidepre...
