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ArticleThe international journal of neuropsychopharmacology2018

Lack of Antidepressant Effects of Low-Voltage-Sensitive T-Type Calcium Channel Blocker Ethosuximide in a Chronic Social Defeat Stress Model: Comparison with (R)-Ketamine.

Zheng Tian, Chao Dong, Kai Zhang, Lijia Chang, Kenji Hashimoto

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Article in The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Ketamine: A tale of two enantiomers.Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2021
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  9. Selecting an Appropriate Animal Model of Depression.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zheng TianDivision of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan.
Chao DongDivision of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan.
Kai ZhangDivision of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan.
Lijia ChangDivision of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan.
Kenji HashimotoDivision of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan.
Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: A recent study demonstrated that low-voltage-sensitive T-type calcium channel blocker ethosuximide shows rapid antidepressant actions. This study was conducted to compare the antidepressant actions of ethosuximide and (R)-ketamine in a chronic social defeat stress model. Methods: Ethosuximide (100, 200, or 400 mg/kg), (R)-ketamine (10 mg/kg), or saline was administered i.p. to chronic social defeat stress-susceptible mice. Subsequently, locomotion test, tail suspension test, forced swimming test, and 1% sucrose preference test were performed. Results: (R)-ketamine showed rapid and long-lasting antidepressant actions in chronic social defeat stress-susceptible mice. In contrast, ethosuximide did not attenuate the increased immobility time of tail suspension test and forced swimming test in chronic social defeat stress-susceptible mice. In the sucrose preference test, ethosuximide did not improve decreased sucrose preference in chronic social defeat stress-susceptible mice. Conclusions: Unlike (R)-ketamine, ethosuximide did not show rapid and sustained antidepressant effects in a chronic social defeat stress model. Therefore, it is unlikely that low-voltage-sensitive T-type calcium channel inhibitors may have ketamine-like robust antidepressant actions.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntidepressive AgentsCalcium Channel BlockersCalcium Channels, T-TypeDepressive DisorderDisease Models, AnimalDominance-SubordinationDose-Response Relationship, DrugEthosuximideKetamineMaleMice, Inbred C57BLRandom AllocationStress, PsychologicalTreatment FailureAntidepressive AgentsCalcium Channel BlockersCalcium Channels, T-TypeEthosuximideKetamine

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PMID30085247
PMCPMC6209850
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