Effect of chronic use of antidepressants on the state of benzodiazepine receptors in the mouse brain
Rozhanets, V.V.; Rusakov, D.I.; Danchev, N.D.; Val'dman, A.V.
Biulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny 96(7): 46-48
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-9615 PMID: 6307423 Document Number: 206583
A study was made of the effect of a two-week administration of chlorimipramine, zimelidine and a morpholine derivative on benzodiazepine receptors of the mouse brain. The animals which received antidepressants demonstrated a significant increase in the binding sites of 3H-flunitrazepam without any changes in the dissociation constant as compared to control. The data on the evoked aggressiveness and latency of tonic corasole convulsions in the antidepressant-treated animals support the functional importance of the discovered changes in benzodiazepine receptors.