Different behavioral effects of maprotiline and fluxilan in rats
2008
Spasojevic, N., Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade (Serbia). Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology | Gavrilovic, Lj., Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade (Serbia). Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology | Dronjak, S., Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade (Serbia). Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology
Serotonin and noradrenaline are involved in the mechanisms of action of most antidepressant drugs. We examined the effects of chronic treatment with maprotiline, a selective inhibitor of noradrenaline reuptake, and fluxilan, a selective inhibitor of serotonin reuptake, on the behaviour of unstressed controls and chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) model rats in the forced swim test (FST) and elevated plus maze test. Both selective reuptake inhibitors resulted in a significant reduction of time spent in immobility. The obtained results suggest that central noradrenergic and seratonergic systems might be affected differently using during FST. The results also demonstrate that the anxiogenic effects of chronic fluxilan treatment are similar to those reported by many other studies. These differences observed for the effects of fluxilan in relation to those reported for maprotiline and probably due to the different pharmacological profiles of these drugs.
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