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How Antidepressant Drugs Affect the Antielectroshock Action of Antiseizure Drugs in Mice: A Critical Review

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22052521

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antidepressant drugs; antiepileptic drugs; interactions; maximal electroshock

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  1. Medical University of Lublin [473/2021]

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This study analyzed the interactions between antidepressants and antiepileptic drugs in a mouse seizure model. Most antidepressants potentiated the effects of classical antiepileptic drugs, but mianserin and trazodone reduced the effects of certain drugs.
Depression coexists with epilepsy, worsening its course. Treatment of the two diseases enables the possibility of interactions between antidepressant and antiepileptic drugs. The aim of this review was to analyze such interactions in one animal seizure model-the maximal electroshock (MES) in mice. Although numerous antidepressants showed an anticonvulsant action, mianserin exhibited a proconvulsant effect against electroconvulsions. In most cases, antidepressants potentiated or remained ineffective in relation to the antielectroshock action of classical antiepileptic drugs. However, mianserin and trazodone reduced the action of valproate, phenytoin, and carbamazepine against the MES test. Antiseizure drug effects were potentiated by all groups of antidepressants independently of their mechanisms of action. Therefore, other factors, including brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and glial-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) modulation, should be considered as the background for the effect of drug combinations.

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