In:
BMC Pharmacology, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 8, No. 1 ( 2008-12)
Abstract:
Different classes of antidepressant drugs are used as a treatment for depression by activating the catecholinergic system. In addition, depression has been associated with decrease of growth factors, which causes insufficient axonal sprouting and reduced neuronal damage repair. In this study, antidepressant treatments are analyzed in a cell culture system, to study the modulation of growth factors. Results We quantified the transcription of several growth factors in three cell lines after application of antidepressant drugs by real time polymerase chain reaction. Antidepressant drugs counteracted against phorbolester-induced deregulation of growth factors in PMA-differentiated neuronal SY5Y cells. We also found indications in a pilot experiment that magnetic stimulation could possibly modify BDNF in the cell culture system. Conclusion The antidepressant effects antidepressant drugs might be explained by selective modulation of growth factors, which subsequently affects neuronal plasticity.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1471-2210
DOI:
10.1186/1471-2210-8-6
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2008
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2050437-8
SSG:
15,3
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