Abstract

An increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) exists in patients with a history of depression. In the present study, we demonstrated that chronic agomelatine intraperitoneal treatment, at a dose of 40 mg/ kg for 21 days, starting one month after inducing AD by intracerebroventricular injection of amyloid-beta (Aβ) corrected anhedonia, decreased anxiety, and showed a potential to mitigate working memory errors during the last session in a radial arm maze. Altogether, our findings suggest that chronic agomelatine administration treatment could alleviate the burden of AD and may be considered a promising therapeutic approach to some adverse symptoms caused by the disease.

Details

Title
Beneficial Influence of Agomelatine Treatment on Behavioral Impairments in AΒ-Induced Rat Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Author
Kalina St Ilieva 1 ; Tchekalarova, Jana D 2 ; Atanasova, Milena A 1 ; Petrova, Lidiya P 1 

 Division of Biology, Medical University – Pleven 
 Institute of Neurobiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 
Pages
116-121
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
De Gruyter Poland
ISSN
13136917
e-ISSN
13139053
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3156649788
Copyright
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