Late effect of sertraline on experimental depression in rats

The present study investigated body weight, experimentally induced depression and exploratory behavior in young adult rats, treated in the neonatal period with sertraline, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. The animals received subcutaneously, 15 mg / kg of sertraline (sertraline group, n = 42) or 1 ml / kg of distilled water (control group, n = 36), daily from the 1st to the 21st day of age.

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Roberta Maria Pereira Professorin an der Universität Leite de Lima, Doktorin in Ernährung und Biomedizintechnik an der Bundesuniversität von Pernambuco (UFPE) und der Technischen Universität von Compiègne (UTC / Frankreich), Psychologin für Psychodiagnostik und psychologische Bewertung und Forscherin.