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Chronic selective serotonin reuptake inhibition modulates endothelial dysfunction and oxidative state in rat chronic mild stress model of depression. / Matchkov, V.V.; Kravtsova, V.V.; Wiborg, O.; Aalkjaer, C.; Bouzinova, E.V.
In: American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol. 309, No. 8, 2015, p. R814-R823.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Chronic selective serotonin reuptake inhibition modulates endothelial dysfunction and oxidative state in rat chronic mild stress model of depression
AU - Matchkov, V.V.
AU - Kravtsova, V.V.
AU - Wiborg, O.
AU - Aalkjaer, C.
AU - Bouzinova, E.V.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Major depression is known to be associated with cardiovascular abnormalities and oxidative stress has been suggested to play a role. We tested the hypothesis that antidepressant treatment reduces oxidative stress, and endothelial dysfunctions in the chronic mild stress (CMS) model of depression in rats. Rats with >30% reduction in sucrose intake after 4 weeks of CMS were defined in the study as CMS-susceptible and compared to unstressed controls. Sixteen CMS-susceptible and 8 unstressed rats were treated during weeks 5 to 8 of the CMS protocol with escitalopram. Escitalopram-treated rats with >20% recovery in the sucrose consumption during the last 2 weeks of treatment were defined as escitalopram responders. Rats which did not reach these criteria were defined as escitalopram non-responders. In the open field test escitalopram responders demonstrated anxiolytic effect of treatment. In mesenteric small arteries escitalopram affected neither NO nor COX-1 mediated vasodilation. Escitalopram potentiated endothel
AB - Major depression is known to be associated with cardiovascular abnormalities and oxidative stress has been suggested to play a role. We tested the hypothesis that antidepressant treatment reduces oxidative stress, and endothelial dysfunctions in the chronic mild stress (CMS) model of depression in rats. Rats with >30% reduction in sucrose intake after 4 weeks of CMS were defined in the study as CMS-susceptible and compared to unstressed controls. Sixteen CMS-susceptible and 8 unstressed rats were treated during weeks 5 to 8 of the CMS protocol with escitalopram. Escitalopram-treated rats with >20% recovery in the sucrose consumption during the last 2 weeks of treatment were defined as escitalopram responders. Rats which did not reach these criteria were defined as escitalopram non-responders. In the open field test escitalopram responders demonstrated anxiolytic effect of treatment. In mesenteric small arteries escitalopram affected neither NO nor COX-1 mediated vasodilation. Escitalopram potentiated endothel
KW - chronic mild stress
KW - depression
KW - endothelium
KW - escitalopram
KW - oxidative stress
U2 - 10.1152/ajpregu.00337.2014
DO - 10.1152/ajpregu.00337.2014
M3 - Article
VL - 309
SP - R814-R823
JO - American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology
JF - American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology
SN - 0363-6119
IS - 8
ER -
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