| Long-term effects of fluoxetine or vehicle administration during pregnancy on behavioral outcomes in guinea pig offspring. | |
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PMID: 15365684 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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RATIONALE: Assessment of the benefits versus risks associated with antidepressant use during pregnancy must include an analysis of possible drug effects on fetal development. Human studies indicate that prenatal fluoxetine exposure is associated with adverse neonatal outcomes. Animal modeling may provide useful information concerning possible long-term effects of prenatal fluoxetine exposure. Limitations in previous such studies using rat models may be overcome using a guinea pig model in which fluoxetine is delivered by osmotic pump throughout pregnancy. METHODS: Initial experiments measured the half-life of fluoxetine and dosing required to achieve human therapeutic blood levels in the guinea pig. In subsequent experiments, guinea pigs received fluoxetine or vehicle via osmotic pump or no treatment throughout pregnancy. Outcome measures included: pregnancy characteristics, weight gain, and, in offspring as adults, pain threshold, acoustic startle responses and prepulse inhibition. RESULTS: There was no effect of treatment group on gestation length, number of live-births or still-births, maternal or offspring weight gain, and acoustic startle responses. In adult offspring, pain threshold was decreased by vehicle treatment during gestation. Prenatal fluoxetine increased pain threshold, relative to vehicle controls. Prepulse inhibition of startle was increased in adult offspring treated prenatally with either vehicle or fluoxetine compared to no treatment. CONCLUSIONS: The guinea pig provides a practicable and clinically relevant model of prenatal fluoxetine exposure. Adult guinea pigs exposed to fluoxetine prenatally showed increased thermal pain thresholds but no change in prepulse inhibition, indicating selective long-term effects of prenatal fluoxetine on serotonin-modulated behaviors. Further studies on long-term effects of prenatal fluoxetine on nociception are warranted. |
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Authors:
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Raphael Vartazarmian; Saima Malik; Glen B Baker; Patricia Boksa |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2004-09-10 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Psychopharmacology Volume: 178 ISSN: 0033-3158 ISO Abbreviation: Psychopharmacology (Berl.) Publication Date: 2005 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-02-18 Completed Date: 2005-09-12 Revised Date: 2010-03-23 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7608025 Medline TA: Psychopharmacology (Berl) Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 328-38 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Hospital Research Center, McGill University, 6875 LaSalle Boulevard, Verdun, QC, Canada, H4H 1R3. |
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Animals Disease Models, Animal Female Fluoxetine / administration & dosage, pharmacokinetics, toxicity* Guinea Pigs Pain Threshold / drug effects Pregnancy Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects* Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors / administration & dosage, pharmacokinetics, toxicity Startle Reaction / drug effects |
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0/Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors; 54910-89-3/Fluoxetine |
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