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Copyright © 1998 by Institute of Pharmacology Polish Academy of Sciences |
Pol. J. Pharmacol., 1998, 50, 107-115 ISSN 1230-6002 |
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Pharmacological proflile of venlafaxine, a new antidepressant, given acutely.
Z. ROGÓŻ, M. DZIEDZICKA-WASYLEWSKA, J. MAJ. Pol. J. Pharmacol., 1998, 50, 107-115. Pharmacological effects of acute treatment with venlafaxine (VEN), a clinically active antidepressant [a noradrenaline (NA) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) reuptake inhibitor without any affinity for neurotransmitter receptors] were studied in mice and rats. VEN inhibited the reserpine- or apomorphine-induced hypothermia and enhanced the L-5-HTP-induced head twitches in mice. It reduced the immobility time in Porsolt’s test in mice and rats, but either did not change the locomotor activity (mice) or decreased it (rats). VEN reduced the locomotor hyperactivity induced by amphetamine (AMP), apomorphine (APO) and quinpirole (QUI), as well as the APO-induced stereotypy; the stereotypy induced by AMP in rats was prolonged. VEN neither changed the clonidine-induced aggressiveness in mice nor the behavioral syndrome induced by oxotremorine in rats. The obtained results indicate that VEN, given acutely, shows a pharmacological profile similar to that of tricyclic NA and 5-HT reuptake inhibitors. In contrast to the antidepressants mentioned above, VEN does not exhibit an alpha1-adrenolytic or a cholinolytic activity (in vivo tests). Key words: arginine-vasopressin, NMDA, MK-801, AP-7, arcaine, HA-966, memory |
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