期刊
EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 24, 期 8, 页码 1349-1361出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2014.05.003
关键词
Nitric oxide synthase; Antidepressant; Depression; Olfactory bulbectomised rat; Open field; Magnetic resonance imaging
资金
- EUFP7
- Health Research Board of Ireland
Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors possess antidepressant-like properties in preclinical tests and in the current investigation the brain penetrant NOS inhibitor N-omega-nitro-L-arginine (L-NA) and the preferential inhibitor of neuronal NOS (nNOS) 1-(2-trifluoromethylphenyl) imidazole (TRIM) were assessed in the olfactory bulbectomised (OB) rat, a well-established animal model of depression. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was employed to assess regional brain volumes, blood perfusion and T1 and 12 relaxometry times both with and without drug treatment. L-NA (10 mg/kg, once daily p.o. for 10 days) attenuated OB-related hyperactivity in the open field test in a comparable fashion to the tricyclic antidepressant imipramine (20 mg/kg, once daily p. o. for 14 days) indicative of an antidepressant-like response in the model. Treatment with TRIM (50 mg/kg, once daily s.c.) attenuated OB-related hyperactivity following 7 days of treatment when compared to vehicle treated controls. OB is associated with enlarged ventricular volume, increased periventicular perfusion and a decrease in T2 relaxation times in cortical and hippocampal regions, with enhanced perfusion and reduced T2 times attenuated by L-NA treatment. L-NA treatment was also associated with an increase in T1 relaxation times in limbic and cortical regions and found to reduce resting state hippocampal blood perfusion in OB animals. Behavioural observations are consistent with an antidepressant action of NOS inhibitors where associated changes in perfusion and T2 relaxation times may be related to the antidepressant action of L-NA in the model. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. and ECNP. All rights reserved.
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