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  • Title: Antidepressant Effects of Ketamine Are Not Related to ¹⁸F-FDG Metabolism or Tyrosine Hydroxylase Immunoreactivity in the Ventral Tegmental Area of Wistar Rats.
    Author: Baptista PP, Saur L, Bagatini PB, Greggio S, Venturin GT, Vaz SP, Ferreira Kdos R, Junqueira JS, Lara DR, DaCosta JC, Jeckel CM, Mestriner RG, Xavier LL.
    Journal: Neurochem Res; 2015 Jun; 40(6):1153-64. PubMed ID: 25894683.
    Abstract:
    Major depressive disorder (MDD) is an important health problem that is often associated to stress. One of the main brain regions related to MDD is the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a dopaminergic center, part of the reward and motivation circuitry. Recent studies show that changes to VTA dopaminergic neurons are associated with depression and treatment. Ketamine has recently shown a fast, potent antidepressant effect in acute, sub-anesthetic doses. Thus, our aims were to elucidate if ketamine would be able to revert depression-like behaviors induced by a chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) protocol and if it could cause alterations to metabolism and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-immunoreactivity in VTA. For this, 48 Wistar rats were divided into four groups: control + saline (CTRL + SAL), control + ketamine (CTRL + KET), CUS + saline (CUS + SAL), CUS + ketamine (CUS + KET). The CUS groups underwent 28 days of CUS protocol. Saline or ketamine (10 mg/kg) was administered intraperitonially once on day 28. The behavior was assessed by the sucrose preference test, the open field test, and the forced swim test. Glucose brain metabolism was assessed and quantified with microPET. TH-immunoreactivity was assessed by estimating neuronal density and regional and cellular optical densities. A decrease in sucrose intake in the CUS groups and an increase in immobility was rapidly reverted by ketamine (p < 0.05). No difference was observed in the open field test. There was no alteration to VTA metabolism and TH-immunoreaction. These results suggest that the depressive-like behavior induced by CUS and the antidepressant effects of ketamine are unrelated to changes in neuronal metabolism or dopamine production in VTA.
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