title: Synergistic effect of pramipexole and sertraline in the forced swimming test.
abstract: The authors studied the effect of sertraline, one of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and pramipexole, administered jointly, to male Wistar rats in the forced swimming test. Both those drugs were injected three times (24, 5 and 1 h before the test): sertraline at doses of 5 and 10 mg/kg ip, pramipexole at doses of 0.05, 0.1 and 0.3 mg/kg sc. Sertraline given separately was inactive in the test used. Pramipexole reduced the immobility time only at a dose of 0.3 mg/kg. Joint administation of both those drugs distinctly shorted the immobility time, that effect.being particularly strong at pramipexole, 0.3 mg/kg, and sertraline, 5 or 10 mg/kg. The obtained results indicate that sertraline--like the previously tested citalopram and fluoxetine--shows a synergistic effect when given with pramipexole in the forced swimming test.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maj
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rogóz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D052160:Benzothiazoles; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D007103:Immobilization; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D000077487:Pramipexole; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020280:Sertraline / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D052160:Benzothiazoles; D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D000077487:Pramipexole; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; D020280:Sertraline; D013844:Thiazoles