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PubMed1983

The antidepressant agents desipramine, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine and norzimelidine inhibit uptake of [3H]noradrenaline and [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine in slices of human and rat cortical brain tissue.

The stability of uptake of [3H]noradrenaline and [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine in rat neocortical brain slices, prepared up to 4-5 h after decapitation, was established. Subsequently, monoamine uptake inhibition by 4 antidepressant agents: desipramine, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine and norzimelidine was compared in human post-mortem neocortical brain slices vs rat neocortical brain slices. In both species, desipramine exhibited considerable selectivity for noradrenaline uptake, while fluoxetine, fluvoxamine and norzimelidine showed varying degrees of selectivity for 5-hydroxytryptamine uptake. These results support the use of rat brain as a model for the study of neurochemical correlates of depression and antidepressant drug action.

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PubMed1976

Effect of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and antidepressant agents on brain stem and hypothalamic multiple unit activity in the cat.

The EEG and MUA (multiple unit activity) of mesencephalic reticular formation (MRF), area hypothalami posterior (PH), and area hypothalami anterior (AH) were studied in chronically implanted freely moving cats. The effects of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and some antidepressant agents were tested on neuronal activity. Desipramine and imipramine resulted in a dose-dependent decline of MUA of all structures with the most significant decrease of activity in PH. A single injection of TRH resulted in slight or moderate gross behavioral changes and vegetative excitation lasting for 30-50 min with variable MUA levels. In the course of repetitive TRH treatment on consecutive days the gross behavioral changes and the vegetative symptoms failed to develop by the 3rd or 4th day. By that time the MUA changes of PH and MRF showed similar characteristics in response to TRH administration which was observed following the injection of desipramine and imipramine. The drugs, except for TRH, induced a suppression of paradoxical sleep cycles.

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