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BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
Volume 374, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112122
Keywords
Zinc; Clomipramine; Behavior; Oxidative stress; Cholinesterase activity; Rat
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- Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
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Depression is a common mental disease affecting a lot of people of all ages around the world. Today, improving the therapeutic effects of currently used antidepressants such as clomipramine and, especially when they are administered at high doses is a topic of interest. The study aims to evaluate the eventual role of zinc (30 mg/Kg) in ameliorating clomipramine (75 mg/Kg) effects on behavior and oxidative stress equilibrium following a 6 day treatment in male Wistar rats. Our main findings showed that zinc improved clomipramine antidepressant and locomotor effects. Moreover, zinc reversed the oxidative stress induced by this drug in the liver. Thus, zinc at 30 mg/Kg may constitute an efficient adjuvant for clomipramine used at a high dose (75 mg/Kg) by boosting its efficacy on behavior and alleviating its negative effects on oxidative balance in liver.
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