Sertindole has an antidepressant-like effect on behaviour and immune system in the bilaterally olfactory bulbectomized rats

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PISTOVČÁKOVÁ Jana ŠULCOVÁ Alexandra

Year of publication 2004
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference FENS Forum Abstracts
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Faculty of Medicine

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Field Pharmacology and pharmaceutical chemistry
Keywords depression; atypical antipsychotic; sertindole; olfactory bulbectiomy; rat
Description The effects of atypical neuroleptic sertindole was studied in the rodent model of depression, the olfactory bulbectomized (OB) rat. OB rats are known to exhibit abnormal hyperactive response to a stressful situation in the open field test and alterations of the immune system functions. The open field test was performed in both sham-operated and OB rats and their locomotor activity recorded by the infra-red sensor tracking system Actitrack (Panlab, S. L., Spain). The activity of leukocyte zymosan-induced phagocytosis was examined via measurement of chemiluminiscence potentiated by luminol. In sertindol (2 mg/kg/day, 10 days i. p. ) treated OB rats a significant (p<0.05) inhibition of the OB-related hyperactivity was observed. Sertindol did not produce any sedative effect on the locomotion of the sham-operated rats. In the OB rats there was a signifficant suppression of the leukocyte phagocytic activity in comparison with the sham rats, which was disinhibited (p<0.05) by sertindol treatment (2 mg/kg/day, 10 days i. p. ). Thus, the present results confirmed an antidepressant-like impact of sertindol on both behavioural and immune parameters in the OB rat model of depression.
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