Author(s):
Yogita Singh, Arun Kumar Jaiswal
Email(s):
arunjais@rediffmail.com
DOI:
10.5958/2321-5836.2016.00019.7 
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Yogita Singh1, 2, Arun Kumar Jaiswal1,3*
1Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Medical Sciences,
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Department of Zoology, Udai Pratap College, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
3Department of Psychology, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi 221002, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding Author
Published In:
Volume - 8,
Issue - 3,
Year - 2016
ABSTRACT:
Behavioural teratological effects of prenatal fluoxetine exposure were investigated on behavioural despair and learned helplessness parameters of depression in rats. Pregnant rats were administered fluoxetine (5 and 10 mg/kg/day) orally once a day during the gestation days 13 to 20. The pups born were subjected to forced swimming test of behavioural despair and learned helplessness test at 8 weeks of age. The results indicated that prenatal fluoxetine treatment (5 and 10 mg/kg/day) induced significant increase in time of immobility in forced swimming test and number of escape failures in learned helplessness test in rat offspring. Rat offspring treated with 5 and 10 mg /kg fluoxetine during the prenatal period displayed dose dependent significant increase in time of immobility in behavioural despair test and number of escape failures in learned helplessness test in comparison to control rat offspring. The findings highlight that prenatal fluoxetine treatment caused depressive like behavioural alterations in the rat offspring.
Cite this article:
Yogita Singh, Arun Kumar Jaiswal. Effects of maternal fluoxetine treatment on behavioural despair and learned helplessness parameters of depression in the rat progeny. Res. J. Pharmacology & Pharmacodynamics.2016; 8(3): 106-110. doi: 10.5958/2321-5836.2016.00019.7
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Yogita Singh, Arun Kumar Jaiswal. Effects of maternal fluoxetine treatment on behavioural despair and learned helplessness parameters of depression in the rat progeny. Res. J. Pharmacology & Pharmacodynamics.2016; 8(3): 106-110. doi: 10.5958/2321-5836.2016.00019.7 Available on: https://rjppd.org/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2016-8-3-3