Evaluating the antidepressant effect of Valeriana officinalis root extract with forced swim test

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 148-152
Author(s):  
Yusuf Hakan Doğan
Keyword(s):  
Forced Swim Test ◽  
Antidepressant Effect ◽  
Root Extract ◽  
Valeriana Officinalis ◽  
Swim Test ◽  
Forced Swim

scholarly journals Evaluation of antidepressant activity of tramadol in comparison with imipramine in Swiss albino mice

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 695
Author(s):  
Chiranjeevi Bonda ◽  
Sudhir Pawar ◽  
Jaisen Lokhande
Keyword(s):  
Forced Swim Test ◽  
Antidepressant Activity ◽  
Tail Suspension Test ◽  
Antidepressant Effect ◽  
Tail Suspension ◽  
Swim Test ◽  
Forced Swim ◽  
Group I ◽  
Immobility Time ◽  
Suspension Test

Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate the antidepressant effect of opioid analgesic tramadol using forced swim test and tail suspension test models.Methods: The antidepressant effect was assessed by recording the immobility time in Forced swim test (FST) and Tail suspension test (TST). The mice were randomly divided into five groups. Mice belonging to group I was given normal saline (0.1ml/kg) which acted as control. Group II received imipramine (15mg/kg) considered as the standard drug tramadol was given in graded dose (10, 20 and 40 mg/kg) to mice of groups III, IV, V respectively. All drugs were administered intraperitoneally for seven successive days; test was done on 7th day.Results: Tramadol and Imipramine showed antidepressant activity when compared to control. There is dose dependent increase in antidepressant activity of tramadol. The antidepressant activity of imipramine was significantly (P<0.05) more than tramadol at dose 10 and 20 mg/kg but antidepressant activity with tramadol 40mg/kg was comparable to imipramine treated mice.Conclusions: The results of this study indicated the presence of antidepressant activity of tramadol at 40mg/kg.

Sertraline treatment attenuates the sex differentiated behavioural stress response in the rat forced swim test

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 802-802
Author(s):  
N. Kokras ◽  
C. Dalla ◽  
K. Antoniou ◽  
Z. Papadopoulou-Daifoti
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Stress Response ◽  
Antidepressant Treatment ◽  
Forced Swim Test ◽  
Behavioural Response ◽  
Antidepressant Effect ◽  
Swim Test ◽  
Forced Swim ◽  
Female Wistar Rats ◽  
Climbing Behaviour

IntroductionSex differences have been described in depression and more recently in antidepressant response. Animal models and in particular the Forced Swim Test (FST), are widely used to investigate the behavioural response to stress and to antidepressant treatment.ObjectivesThe present study explored sex differences in the stress response during the FST and examined whether antidepressant treatment alleviates the sex-differentiated stress response.MethodsAdult male and female Wistar rats were subjected to a 15 min FST session and then treated with three injections of sertraline 10 mg/kg or vehicle at 0, 19 and 23 hours post-FST. Twenty-four hours after the first FST, they had a second 5 min FST session and their behaviour was recorded.ResultsVehicle-treated females exhibited 66% longer duration and 70% shorter latency of immobility than males, suggesting enhanced levels of despair. Sertraline did not significantly affect immobility, but exerted its antidepressant effect by elongating swimming duration in both sexes and shortening climbing behaviour in males only. In contrast, to vehicle-treated rats, no sex differences were observed in sertraline-treated rats in any of these behavioural parameters. However, sex-differences in head swinging behaviour, which is unaffected by sertraline treatment, were still observed in sertraline-treated rats.ConclusionsFemales appear more vulnerable than males to the FST, but the post-treatment organisation of FST behaviour is not sex-differentiated. Antidepressants seem to modulate the behavioural response in FST in a sex-specific way, due to sex differences in baseline FST performance. Consequently, the sex-differentiated stress response profile during FST is attenuated by antidepressant treatment.

scholarly journals Discovery of 1,3-diyne compounds as novel and potent antidepressant agents: synthesis, cell-based assay and behavioral studies

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (26) ◽  
pp. 16005-16014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai-Qing Ma ◽  
Yan-Hong Miao ◽  
Xiao Li ◽  
Yu-Zhi Zhou ◽  
Xiao-Xia Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pc12 Cells ◽  
Forced Swim Test ◽  
Antidepressant Effect ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Concentration Dependent Manner ◽  
Antidepressant Agents ◽  
Swim Test ◽  
Forced Swim ◽  
Behavioral Studies ◽  
Related Proteins

1,3-Diynes compound 7a protected the corticosterone-injured PC12 cells through regulation of the apoptosis related proteins and exerted antidepressant effect in mice forced swim test in a concentration-dependent manner.

scholarly journals Antidepressant effects of Mentha pulegium in mice

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Rabiei ◽  
Mostafa Gholami ◽  
Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oil ◽  
Forced Swim Test ◽  
Video Clip ◽  
Antidepressant Effect ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Mentha Pulegium ◽  
Swim Test ◽  
Forced Swim ◽  
Antidepressant Effects ◽  
Nitrite Content

<p class="Abstract">The aim of this study is to investigate the antidepressant effects of <em>Mentha pulegium</em> essential oil in BALB/c mice. Six experimental groups (7 mice each) were used. Forced swim test was performed 30 min after essential oil injection. In the groups receiving <em>M. pulegium</em> essential oil (50, 75 and 100 mg/kg), immobility duration significantly decreased compared to the control group. <em>M. pulegium</em> (50 and 75 mg/kg) resulted in significant decrease in nitrate/nitrite content in serum compared to the control group. <em>M. pulegium</em> essential oil antidepressant effect that may be due to the inhibition of oxidative stress.  The results showed that decrease in nitrate/nitrite content in serum and high anti-oxidant effects of M. pulegium essential oil.</p><p><strong>Video clip:</strong></p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/v/qfmjCf5FNMk">Immobility in Forced Swim Test</a>: 13 sec</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/v/oqWS13JzQtQ">Mobility in Forced Swim Test</a>: 19 sec</p><p> </p><p> </p>

Antidepressant-like effect of Albizia zygia root extract in murine models

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Wumbor-Apin Kumbol ◽  
Wonder Kofi Mensah Abotsi ◽  
Robert Peter Biney
Keyword(s):  
Open Space ◽  
Forced Swim Test ◽  
Antidepressant Activity ◽  
Root Extract ◽  
Murine Models ◽  
Tail Suspension ◽  
Traditional Use ◽  
Swim Test ◽  
Forced Swim ◽  
Immobility Time

AbstractBackgroundAlbizia zygia (DC.) J.F. Macbr. (Leguminosae) has been used to treat mental disorders in traditional African medicine. Nonetheless, there is limited scientific evidence to justify its present use. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antidepressant activity of the hydroethanolic extract of A. zygia roots (AZE) in murine models.MethodsAZE was evaluated in the tail suspension test, forced swim test, and the repeated open-space swim test of depression. In order to elucidate the mechanisms of action, the activity of AZE was re-evaluated after treating mice with selective inhibitors of monoamine biosynthesis. The potential of AZE to influence spontaneous locomotion was also examined.ResultsAZE (100–1000 mg/kg, p.o.) reduced the immobility time of mice in the tail suspension and forced swim tests (at least p < 0.05). In the repeated open-space swim test, AZE reduced the immobility time (at least p < 0.05) while concomitantly increasing the distance swam by mice (p < 0.01). However, the antidepressant-like activity of AZE was attenuated by α-methyl-para-tyrosine and reserpine (p < 0.0001) but not para-chlorophenylalanine.ConclusionsThe results of this study indicate that AZE possesses antidepressant-like properties and support the traditional use of AZE for the treatment of depression.

scholarly journals The antidepressant effects of asperosaponin VI are mediated by the suppression of microglial activation and reduction of TLR4/NF-ĸB induced IDO expression

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinqiang Zhang ◽  
Saini Yi ◽  
Yahui Li ◽  
Chenghong Xiao ◽  
Chan Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prefrontal Cortex ◽  
Signaling Pathway ◽  
Microglial Activation ◽  
Forced Swim Test ◽  
Kynurenine Pathway ◽  
Antidepressant Effect ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Swim Test ◽  
Forced Swim ◽  
Glutamate Transmission

AbstractAimIndoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase (IDO) is responsible for the progression of the kynurenine pathway, which has been implicated in the pathophysiology of inflammation-induced depression. It has been reported that asperosaponin VI (ASA VI) could play a neuroprotective role through anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. In this study, we examined the antidepressant effect of ASA VI in LPS-treated mice and further explored its molecular mechanism by insight into the microglial kynurenine pathway.MethodsTo produce the model, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (0.83 mg/kg) was administered intraperitoneally to mice. The mice received ASA VI (10 mg/kg, 20mg/kg, 40mg/kg and 80mg/kg, i.p.) thirty minutes prior to LPS injection. Depressive-like behaviors were evaluated based on the duration of immobility in the forced swim test. Microglial activation and inflammatory cytokines were detected by immunohistochemistry, real-time PCR and ELISA. The TLR4/NF-ĸB signaling pathway and the expression of IDO, GluA2, and CamKIIβ were measured by western blotting.ResultsASA VI demonstrated significant antidepressant activity in the presence of LPS on immobility and latency times in the forced swim test. The LPS-induced activation of microglia and inflammatory response were inhabited by ASA VI in a dose-dependent manner. TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway also was suppressed by ASA VI in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of LPS-treated mice. Furthermore, ASA VI inhibited the increase in IDO protein expression and normalized the aberrant glutamate transmission in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex as a result of LPS administration.ConclusionOur results propose a promising antidepressant effect for ASA VI possibly through the downregulation of IDO expression and normalization of the aberrant glutamate transmission. This remedying effect of ASA VI could be attributed to suppress microglia-mediated neuroinflammatory response via inhibiting the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway.

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