| Literature DB >> 575199 |
J Maj, E Mogilnicka, A Kordecka.
Abstract
Chronic (14 days) but not acute treatment with antidepressants (amitriptyline, imipramine, desipramine, clomipramine, mianserin, danitracen, iprindole) potentiated the aggressive behaviour induced by apomorphine (APO) in rats. The APO stereotypy was not changed. A similar potentiation was caused by chronic treatment with phentolamine or thioridazine but not with spiperone or deazepam. In rats treated chronically with amitriptyline the APO-induced fighting was antagonized by phenoxybenzamine or spiperone, and not by metergoline. The results allows us to postulate that the chronic treatment with antidepressants potentiates the APO-induced aggressiveness via the noradrenergic mechanism, i.e., through an enhanced response to the endogenous NA.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 575199 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(79)91516-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurosci Lett ISSN: 0304-3940 Impact factor: 3.046