Potentiation of the antidepressant-like effect of desipramine or reboxetine by metyrapone in the forced swimming test in rats.
Journal Title: Pharmacological Reports - Year 2009, Vol 61, Issue 6
Abstract
The obtained results revealed that joint administration of desipramine or reboxetine and metyrapone (a glucocorticoid synthesis inhibitor) had more potent antidepressant-like activity in the forced swimming test (FST) in rats compared to treatment with either drug alone. WAY100636 (a 5-HT(1A) antagonist), and prazosin (an alpha(1)-adrenergic antagonist), used in doses ineffective in the FST, inhibited the antidepressant-like effect induced by co-administration of desipramine (10 mg/kg) or reboxetine (10 mg/kg) and metyrapone (50 mg/kg). The above-mentioned findings suggest that, among other mechanisms, the 5-HT(1A) and alpha(1)-adrenergic receptors may play a role in this effect. Furthermore, they may be of particular importance to the pharmacotherapy of drug-resistant depression.
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Zofia Rogóż
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