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Serotonin reuptake inhibitors reduce conditioned fear stress-induced freezing behavior in rats

Serotonin reuptake inhibitors reduce conditioned fear stress-induced freezing behavior in rats 213 123 123 2 2 S. Hashimoto T. Inoue T. Koyama Department of Psychiatry Hokkaidko University School of Medicine North 15 West 7, Kita-ku 060 Sapporo Japan Abstract Conditioned fear stress (CFS)-induced freezing behavior has been proposed as an animal model of anxiety. In the present study, freezing was used to determine the anxiolytic activity of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which are reported to be clinically effective in anxiety disorders. The duration of freezing behavior was reduced by acute treatment with the SSRIs citalopram (1–10 mg/kg) and fluvoxamine (3–30 mg/kg). Acute treatment with the serotonin (5-HT)/noradrenaline (NA) mixed reuptake inhibitor milnacipran (3–30 mg/kg) also attenuated CFS-induced freezing, while acute treatment with the NA reuptake inhibitors maprotiline and ORG4428, and the dopamine (DA) reuptake inhibitor GBR12909 failed to alter CFS-induced freezing. These results indicate that facilitation of 5-HT availability in the brain produced by 5-HT reuptake inhibition reduces CFS-induced freezing behavior. CFS may be a useful model for detecting the anxiolytic potential of 5-HT reuptake inhibitors. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psychopharmacology Springer Journals

Serotonin reuptake inhibitors reduce conditioned fear stress-induced freezing behavior in rats

Psychopharmacology , Volume 123 (2) – Jan 1, 1996

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 1996 by Springer-Verlag
Subject
Biomedicine; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Psychiatry
ISSN
0033-3158
eISSN
1432-2072
DOI
10.1007/BF02246175
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Abstract

213 123 123 2 2 S. Hashimoto T. Inoue T. Koyama Department of Psychiatry Hokkaidko University School of Medicine North 15 West 7, Kita-ku 060 Sapporo Japan Abstract Conditioned fear stress (CFS)-induced freezing behavior has been proposed as an animal model of anxiety. In the present study, freezing was used to determine the anxiolytic activity of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which are reported to be clinically effective in anxiety disorders. The duration of freezing behavior was reduced by acute treatment with the SSRIs citalopram (1–10 mg/kg) and fluvoxamine (3–30 mg/kg). Acute treatment with the serotonin (5-HT)/noradrenaline (NA) mixed reuptake inhibitor milnacipran (3–30 mg/kg) also attenuated CFS-induced freezing, while acute treatment with the NA reuptake inhibitors maprotiline and ORG4428, and the dopamine (DA) reuptake inhibitor GBR12909 failed to alter CFS-induced freezing. These results indicate that facilitation of 5-HT availability in the brain produced by 5-HT reuptake inhibition reduces CFS-induced freezing behavior. CFS may be a useful model for detecting the anxiolytic potential of 5-HT reuptake inhibitors.

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PsychopharmacologySpringer Journals

Published: Jan 1, 1996

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