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ArticlePsychopharmacology2007

The drug-induced helplessness test: an animal assay for assessing behavioral despair in response to neuroleptic treatment.

Michael E Ballard, Ana M Basso, Kelly B Gallagher, Kaitlin E Browman, Gerard B Fox, Karla U Drescher, Gerhard Gross, Michael W Decker, Lynne E Rueter, Min Zhang

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Article in Psychopharmacology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Michael E BallardNeuroscience Research, Global Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064, USA.
Ana M Basso
Kelly B Gallagher
Kaitlin E Browman
Gerard B Fox
Karla U Drescher
Gerhard Gross
Michael W Decker
Lynne E Rueter
Min Zhang
Abbott (United Kingdom) · GBAbbott (United States) · USDiscovery Laboratories (United States) · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleNeuroleptic dysphoria encompasses a range of unpleasant subjective responses and, as a result, is difficult to study in preclinical animal models.

objectiveBased on the learned helplessness model of depression, increases in escape failures (EFs) in the drug-induced helplessness test (DH) are proposed to reflect drug-induced depressive-like state, a contributing factor to neuroleptic dysphoria in humans. MATERIALS AND

methodsEffects of the typical antipsychotic haloperidol and the atypical antipsychotics risperidone, olanzapine, aripiprazole, quetiapine, and clozapine were investigated in the DH test. We further characterized this test by examining compounds affecting motor function, cognition, anxiety, and those with antidepressant activity.

resultsThe antipsychotics haloperidol, risperidone, aripiprazole, and olanzapine, all increased EFs, while quetiapine had no effect, and clozapine reduced EFs. Amphetamine, diazepam, and ciproxifan, had no effect on EFs. Scopolamine significantly reduced EFs and MK-801 showed a trend toward reducing EFs at doses not significantly sti mulating locomotor activity. Subchronic, but not acute, imipramine and subchronic fluoxetine significantly reduced EFs at doses significantly suppressing locomotor activity. Dissociation appears to exist between performance in the DH test and compound effects on catalepsy or locomotor activity.

conclusionsAfter discussing potential alternative interpretations of the drug-induced changes of EFs, we propose the DH test as a useful test for assessing a drug-induced, depressive-like state that may contribute to neuroleptic dysphoria.

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Disease Models, AnimalHelplessness, LearnedMotivationAffectAnimalsAntidepressive AgentsAntipsychotic AgentsArousalAvoidance LearningAwarenessDose-Response Relationship, DrugEscape ReactionHumansMaleMotor ActivityRatsAntidepressive AgentsAntipsychotic Agents

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