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White SW, Callahan H, Smith SJ, Padilla FM. Fluoxetine attenuates the anxiolytic effects of the probiotic VSL#3 in a stress-vulnerable genetic line of aves in the chick social-separation stress test, a dual screening assay. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2024; 245:173880. [PMID: 39277109 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2024.173880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2024] [Revised: 09/06/2024] [Accepted: 09/11/2024] [Indexed: 09/17/2024]
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Anxiety disorders represent one of the most common and debilitating illnesses worldwide. However, the development of novel therapeutics for anxiety disorders has lagged compared to other mental illnesses. A growing body of research suggests the gut microbiota plays a role in the etiopathology of anxiety disorders and may, therefore, serve as a novel target for their treatment through the use of probiotics. The use of dietary supplements like probiotics is increasing and their interaction with pharmacotherapies is not well understood. Utilizing the chick social-separation stress test, the primary aim of this study was to evaluate the commercially-available multi-strain probiotic found in VSL#3 for potential anxiolytic-like and/or antidepressant-like effects in the stress-vulnerable Black Australorp genetic line. A secondary aim was to evaluate the interaction between probiotics and the SSRI fluoxetine. Animals were treated with either saline, probiotics, fluoxetine, or probiotics + fluoxetine for 8 days prior to exposure to a 90-min isolation stressor that produces both a panic-like (i.e., anxiety-like) state followed by a state of behavioral despair (i.e., depression-like). The 8-day probiotic regimen produced anxiolytic-like effects but did not attenuate behavioral despair. Fluoxetine failed to significantly alter behavior in either of the two phases. Moreover, the combination of fluoxetine with probiotics attenuated the anxiolytic-like effects of probiotics. The fluoxetine + probiotics combination had no effect on behavioral despair. The results of the current study align with other preclinical studies and some clinical trials suggesting probiotics may offer beneficial effects on anxiety. Investigations examining the anxiolytic-like mechanism of probiotics are needed before any conclusions can be made. Additionally, as the use of probiotics becomes more popular, research on the interactions between probiotic-microbiota and psychotropic medications is necessary.
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- Stephen W White
- Department of Psychology & Philosophy, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 77341, USA.
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- Department of Psychology & Philosophy, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 77341, USA
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- University of Florida, Department of Neuroscience, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Psychology & Philosophy, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 77341, USA
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Herrero-Villar M, Sánchez-Barbudo I, Cardona-Cabrera T, Höfle U, Sánchez-Cano A, Baguena G, Mateo R. Pentobarbital intoxication as a potential underlying cause for electrocution in a bearded vulture. Vet Res Commun 2023; 47:2265-2269. [PMID: 37145336 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-023-10093-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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A bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) found dead in northern Spain presented external lesions consistent with electrocution as the cause of death. During forensic examination, macroscopic lesions suggested potential comorbidity, so samples were collected for molecular and toxicological analyses. Gastric content and liver were analysed for toxic substances, and pentobarbital (a common pharmaceutical used for euthanasia in domestic animals) was detected at a concentration of 37.3 and 0.05 µg/g, respectively. Other toxicological, viral and endoparasite analyses (avian malaria, avian influenza and flaviviruses) were negative. Thus, although the cause of death was electrocution, pentobarbital intoxication likely impaired the equilibrium and reflexes of the individual, possibly causing the bird to contact energized wires that it would not have otherwise. These results underline the importance of comprehensive analysis of forensic cases of wildlife deaths and reveal barbiturate poisoning as an additional threat for the conservation of the bearded vulture in Europe.
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- M Herrero-Villar
- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos-IREC, CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo 12, Ciudad Real, 13005, Spain.
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos-IREC, CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo 12, Ciudad Real, 13005, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos-IREC, CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo 12, Ciudad Real, 13005, Spain
- Fundación para la Conservación del Quebrantahuesos, FCQ, LIFE Pro BV, Plaza San Pedro Nolasco, 1, Zaragoza, 5001, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos-IREC, CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo 12, Ciudad Real, 13005, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos-IREC, CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo 12, Ciudad Real, 13005, Spain
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- Fundación para la Conservación del Quebrantahuesos, FCQ, LIFE Pro BV, Plaza San Pedro Nolasco, 1, Zaragoza, 5001, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos-IREC, CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo 12, Ciudad Real, 13005, Spain
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White SW, Squires GD, Smith SJ, Wright GM, Sufka KJ, Rimoldi JM, Gadepalli RS. Anxiolytic-like effects of an mGluR 5 antagonist and a mGluR 2/3 agonist, and antidepressant-like effects of an mGluR 7 agonist in the chick social separation stress test, a dual-drug screening model of treatment-resistant depression. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2023:173588. [PMID: 37348610 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2023.173588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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Modulation of glutamate receptors has demonstrated anxiolytic and/or antidepressant effects in rodent stress models. The chick social-separation stress paradigm exposes socially raised aves to an isolation stressor which elicits distress vocalizations (DVocs) in an attempt to re-establish contact. The model presents a state of panic during the first 5 min followed by a state of behavioral despair during the last 60 to 90 min. Making it useful as a dual anxiolytic/antidepressant screening assay. Further research has identified the Black Australorp strain as a stress-vulnerable, treatment-resistant, and ketamine-sensitive genetic line. Utilizing this genetic line, we sought to evaluate modulation of glutamatergic receptors for potential anxiolytic and/or antidepressant effects. Separate dose-response studies were conducted for the following drugs: the AMPA PAM LY392098, the mGluR 5 antagonist MPEP, the mGluR 2/3 agonist LY404039, the mGluR 2/3 antagonist LY341495, and the mGluR 7 agonist AMN082. The norepinephrine α2 agonist clonidine and the NMDA antagonist ketamine were included as comparison for anxiolytic (anti-panic) and antidepressant effects, respectively. As in previous studies, clonidine reduced DVoc rates during the first 5 min (attenuation of panic) and ketamine elevated DVoc rates (attenuation of behavioral despair) during the last 60 min of isolation. The mGluR 2/3 agonist LY404039 and the mGluR 5 antagonist MPEP decreased DVoc rates during the first 5 min of isolation indicative of anxiolytic effects like that of clonidine while the mGluR 7 agonist AMN082 elevated DVoc rates in the later hour of isolation, representative of antidepressant effects like that of ketamine. Collectively, these findings suggest that certain glutamate targets may be clinically useful in treating panic disorder and/or treatment-resistant depression.
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- Stephen W White
- Department of Psychology & Philosophy, Sam Houston State University, United States of America.
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- Department of Psychology & Philosophy, Sam Houston State University, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology & Philosophy, Sam Houston State University, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology & Philosophy, Sam Houston State University, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, United States of America; Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Mississippi, United States of America
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, United States of America; Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Mississippi, United States of America
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, United States of America; Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Mississippi, United States of America
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Elhussiny MZ, Tran PV, Tsuru Y, Haraguchi S, Gilbert ER, Cline MA, Bungo T, Furuse M, Chowdhury VS. Central Taurine Attenuates Hyperthermia and Isolation Stress Behaviors Augmented by Corticotropin-Releasing Factor with Modifying Brain Amino Acid Metabolism in Neonatal Chicks. Metabolites 2022; 12:metabo12010083. [PMID: 35050205 PMCID: PMC8781603 DOI: 10.3390/metabo12010083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The objective of this study was to determine the effects of centrally administered taurine on rectal temperature, behavioral responses and brain amino acid metabolism under isolation stress and the presence of co-injected corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF). Neonatal chicks were centrally injected with saline, 2.1 pmol of CRF, 2.5 μmol of taurine or both taurine and CRF. The results showed that CRF-induced hyperthermia was attenuated by co-injection with taurine. Taurine, alone or with CRF, significantly decreased the number of distress vocalizations and the time spent in active wakefulness, as well as increased the time spent in the sleeping posture, compared with the saline- and CRF-injected chicks. An amino acid chromatographic analysis revealed that diencephalic leucine, isoleucine, tyrosine, glutamate, asparagine, alanine, β-alanine, cystathionine and 3-methylhistidine were decreased in response to taurine alone or in combination with CRF. Central taurine, alone and when co-administered with CRF, decreased isoleucine, phenylalanine, tyrosine and cysteine, but increased glycine concentrations in the brainstem, compared with saline and CRF groups. The results collectively indicate that central taurine attenuated CRF-induced hyperthermia and stress behaviors in neonatal chicks, and the mechanism likely involves the repartitioning of amino acids to different metabolic pathways. In particular, brain leucine, isoleucine, cysteine, glutamate and glycine may be mobilized to cope with acute stressors.
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- Mohamed Z. Elhussiny
- Laboratory of Regulation in Metabolism and Behavior, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan; (M.Z.E.); (P.V.T.); (Y.T.); (M.F.)
- Department of Animal & Poultry Behavior and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aswan University, Aswan 81528, Egypt
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- Laboratory of Regulation in Metabolism and Behavior, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan; (M.Z.E.); (P.V.T.); (Y.T.); (M.F.)
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- Laboratory of Regulation in Metabolism and Behavior, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan; (M.Z.E.); (P.V.T.); (Y.T.); (M.F.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan;
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- School of Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0306, USA; (E.R.G.); (M.A.C.)
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- School of Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0306, USA; (E.R.G.); (M.A.C.)
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- Department of Bioresource Science, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan;
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- Laboratory of Regulation in Metabolism and Behavior, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan; (M.Z.E.); (P.V.T.); (Y.T.); (M.F.)
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- Laboratory of Regulation in Metabolism and Behavior, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan; (M.Z.E.); (P.V.T.); (Y.T.); (M.F.)
- Division of Experimental Natural Science, Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Intracerebroventricular Injection of L-Pipecolic Acid Exerts Hypnotic Effects Without Activating NMDA Receptors in Neonatal Chicks under Social Isolation-induced Stress. J Poult Sci 2020; 57:84-87. [PMID: 32174769 PMCID: PMC7063071 DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.0190067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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L-Pipecolic acid is an intermediate of L-lysine catabolism. Its central injection exerted a hypnotic effect on the brain, which was partially mediated by the activation of γ-aminobutyric acid-A and γ-aminobutyric acid-B receptors. L-Proline has also been shown to exert a similar effect on N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. Furthermore, L-pipecolic acid is known as L-homoproline, and both L-pipecolic acid and L-proline belong to the imino acid group; therefore, it is plausible that they share certain commonalities, including similar functions. However, the role of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors with respect to the effects of L-pipecolic acid has not been examined yet. In the present study, the relationship between N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors and the central function of L-pipecolic acid was investigated in neonatal chicks. The behavioral postures for active wakefulness and standing/sitting motionless with eyes opened were significantly affected after intracerebroventricular injection of L-pipecolic acid; whereas, sitting motionless with head drooped (sleeping posture) was significantly enhanced. However, the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, MK-801, did not affect these changes. In conclusion, the central administration of L-pipecolic acid did not exert hypnotic effects through the activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in neonatal chicks. These results suggest that the imino group is not a determinant for activating N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors.
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Szabo M, Svensson Akusjärvi S, Saxena A, Liu J, Chandrasekar G, Kitambi SS. Cell and small animal models for phenotypic drug discovery. DRUG DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND THERAPY 2017; 11:1957-1967. [PMID: 28721015 PMCID: PMC5500539 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s129447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The phenotype-based drug discovery (PDD) approach is re-emerging as an alternative platform for drug discovery. This review provides an overview of the various model systems and technical advances in imaging and image analyses that strengthen the PDD platform. In PDD screens, compounds of therapeutic value are identified based on the phenotypic perturbations produced irrespective of target(s) or mechanism of action. In this article, examples of phenotypic changes that can be detected and quantified with relative ease in a cell-based setup are discussed. In addition, a higher order of PDD screening setup using small animal models is also explored. As PDD screens integrate physiology and multiple signaling mechanisms during the screening process, the identified hits have higher biomedical applicability. Taken together, this review highlights the advantages gained by adopting a PDD approach in drug discovery. Such a PDD platform can complement target-based systems that are currently in practice to accelerate drug discovery.
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- Mihaly Szabo
- Department of Microbiology Tumor, and Cell Biology
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- Department of Microbiology Tumor, and Cell Biology
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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Carpenter JM, Jourdan MK, Fountain EM, Ali Z, Abe N, Khan IA, Sufka KJ. The effects of Sceletium tortuosum (L.) N.E. Br. extract fraction in the chick anxiety-depression model. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2016; 193:329-332. [PMID: 27553978 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2016.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2016] [Revised: 07/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Sceletium tortuosum (L.) N.E. Br. has been reported to elevate mood, reduce anxiety and stress and alleviate pain. AIM OF STUDY This study sought to examine the effects of an S. tortuosum alkaloid enriched fraction in the chick anxiety-depression model, a model that shows high predictive validity as a pharmacological screening assay. MATERIAL AND METHODS Socially-raised male Silver Laced Wyandotte chicks (4-6 days old) were given IP vehicle, imipramine (10mg/kg), or S. tortuosum fraction (10, 20, 30mg/kg in Exp. 1 or 50, 75, 100mg/kg in Exp. 2) 15min prior to a 60min isolation test period in which distress vocalizations (DVoc) were continuously recorded. RESULTS Vehicle chicks displayed high DVoc rates in the anxiety phase (first 3min). DVoc rates declined about 50% (i.e., behavioral despair) in the depression phase (30-60min). S. tortuosum fraction at 75 and 100mg/kg decreased DVoc rates during the anxiety phase indicative of an anxiolytic effect. Imipramine, but not S. tortuosum groups, increased DVoc rates in the depression phase indicative of an antidepressant effect. CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest that an alkaloid enriched S. tortuosum fraction may benefit some forms of stress-related disorders.
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- Jessica M Carpenter
- National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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- National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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- National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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- National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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- National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA.
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Maximino C, Silva RXDC, da Silva SDNS, Rodrigues LDSDS, Barbosa H, de Carvalho TS, Leão LKDR, Lima MG, Oliveira KRM, Herculano AM. Non-mammalian models in behavioral neuroscience: consequences for biological psychiatry. Front Behav Neurosci 2015; 9:233. [PMID: 26441567 PMCID: PMC4561806 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Current models in biological psychiatry focus on a handful of model species, and the majority of work relies on data generated in rodents. However, in the same sense that a comparative approach to neuroanatomy allows for the identification of patterns of brain organization, the inclusion of other species and an adoption of comparative viewpoints in behavioral neuroscience could also lead to increases in knowledge relevant to biological psychiatry. Specifically, this approach could help to identify conserved features of brain structure and behavior, as well as to understand how variation in gene expression or developmental trajectories relates to variation in brain and behavior pertinent to psychiatric disorders. To achieve this goal, the current focus on mammalian species must be expanded to include other species, including non-mammalian taxa. In this article, we review behavioral neuroscientific experiments in non-mammalian species, including traditional "model organisms" (zebrafish and Drosophila) as well as in other species which can be used as "reference." The application of these domains in biological psychiatry and their translational relevance is considered.
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- Caio Maximino
- Laboratório de Neurociências e Comportamento, Departamento de Morfologia e Ciências Fisiológicas, Campus VIII – Marabá, Universidade do Estado do ParáMarabá, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurociências e Comportamento, Departamento de Morfologia e Ciências Fisiológicas, Campus VIII – Marabá, Universidade do Estado do ParáMarabá, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurociências e Comportamento, Departamento de Morfologia e Ciências Fisiológicas, Campus VIII – Marabá, Universidade do Estado do ParáMarabá, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurociências e Comportamento, Departamento de Morfologia e Ciências Fisiológicas, Campus VIII – Marabá, Universidade do Estado do ParáMarabá, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurociências e Comportamento, Departamento de Morfologia e Ciências Fisiológicas, Campus VIII – Marabá, Universidade do Estado do ParáMarabá, Brazil
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- Universität Duisburg-EssenEssen, Germany
- Laboratório de Neurofarmacologia Experimental, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do ParáBelém, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurofarmacologia Experimental, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do ParáBelém, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurociências e Comportamento, Departamento de Morfologia e Ciências Fisiológicas, Campus VIII – Marabá, Universidade do Estado do ParáMarabá, Brazil
- Laboratório de Neurofarmacologia Experimental, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do ParáBelém, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurofarmacologia Experimental, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do ParáBelém, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurofarmacologia Experimental, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do ParáBelém, Brazil
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Furuse M. Screening of central functions of amino acids and their metabolites for sedative and hypnotic effects using chick models. Eur J Pharmacol 2015; 762:382-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.06.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2015] [Revised: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sufka KJ, White SW. Identification of a treatment-resistant, ketamine-sensitive genetic line in the chick anxiety-depression model. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2013; 113:63-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2013.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2013] [Revised: 10/08/2013] [Accepted: 10/12/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Loria MJ, White SW, Robbins SA, Salmeto AL, Hymel KA, Murthy SN, Manda P, Sufka KJ. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor response in vulnerable and resilient genetic lines in the chick anxiety–depression model. Behav Brain Res 2013; 245:29-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.01.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2012] [Revised: 01/24/2013] [Accepted: 01/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Hymel KA, Sufka KJ. Pharmacological reversal of cognitive bias in the chick anxiety-depression model. Neuropharmacology 2011; 62:161-6. [PMID: 21722654 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2011] [Revised: 06/09/2011] [Accepted: 06/14/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Cognitive bias presents in clinical populations where anxious individuals adopt a more pessimistic interpretation of ambiguous aversive stimuli and depressed individuals adopt both a more pessimistic interpretation of ambiguous aversive stimuli and a less optimistic interpretation of ambiguous appetitive stimuli. These biases have been reversed by anxiolytics and antidepressants. In the current study, chicks exposed to an isolation stressor of 5-min to induce an anxiety-like state or 60-min to induce a depressive-like state were tested in a straight alley maze to a series of morphed ambiguous appetitive (chick silhouette) to aversive (owl silhouette) cues. Chicks in the depression-like state displayed more pessimistic-like and less optimistic-like approach behavior to ambiguous aversive and appetitive cues, respectively. Both forms of cognitive bias were reversed by 15.0 mg/kg imipramine. Chicks in anxiety-like state displayed more pessimistic-like approach behavior under the ambiguous aversive stimulus cues. However, 0.10 mg/kg clonidine produced modest sedation and thus, was ineffective at reversing this bias. The observation that cognitive biases of more pessimism and less optimism can be reversed in the depression-like phase by imipramine adds to the validity of the chick anxiety-depression model as a neuropsychiatric simulation. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled 'Anxiety and Depression'.
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- Kristen A Hymel
- Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA.
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Diphenyl diselenide induces anxiolytic-like and sedative effects on the chick social separation-stress behavior. Neurosci Lett 2011; 495:140-3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.03.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2011] [Revised: 03/16/2011] [Accepted: 03/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The effects of environmental enrichment in the chick anxiety-depression model. Behav Brain Res 2011; 221:276-81. [PMID: 21402107 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2010] [Revised: 03/03/2011] [Accepted: 03/06/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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As a validation step of an animal simulation, the effects of environmental enrichment were tested in the anxiety-depression model, in which socially raised chicks are placed in isolation for a 2h test period. Isolated chicks display an initial high rate of distress vocalizations, constituting the anxiety-like phase, followed by a marked decline and plateau in rates of vocalizations for the remainder of time in isolation, characterizing the depression-like phase. Four separate groups of domestic fowl chicks were group housed under enriched, impoverished (i.e., non-enriched) or a combination of the two housing conditions for six days and tested at 7d posthatch in the aforementioned isolation procedure. Rates of distress vocalizations in the anxiety-like (2-3 min) or depression-like (30-120 min) phases were not affected by housing conditions. However, chicks continuously housed in enriched environments and chicks housed in the enriched environments on days 4-6 displayed a delay in the onset of the depression-like phase. The beneficial effect of environmental enrichment on the depression-like phase is consistent with other stress paradigms and provides another step towards validating the chick anxiety-depression model as a clinical simulation.
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Moe RO, Nordgreen J, Janczak AM, Spruijt BM, Kostal L, Skjerve E, Zanella AJ, Bakken M. Effects of haloperidol, a dopamine D2-like receptor antagonist, on reward-related behaviors in laying hens. Physiol Behav 2010; 102:400-5. [PMID: 21163277 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2010] [Revised: 12/03/2010] [Accepted: 12/06/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In order to investigate the involvement of dopaminergic transmission in the regulation of reward-related behaviors in laying hens, the effects of systemic injections of dopamine D2-like receptor antagonist haloperidol (0.3, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mg/kg s.c.) 30 min prior to a conditioned cue signaling a reward were tested and compared to the effects of a saline injection. Head movements and latency to initiate display of anticipatory behavior were significantly affected by 0.3 and 0.5 mg/kg haloperidol, respectively. More hens were found lying down resting prior to the cue at 0.5 mg/kg and higher doses, and increased latency to peck at reward and shorter duration of anticipatory behavior was significant at 2.0 mg/kg. The findings are consistent with the involvement of dopamine in control of reward-related behaviors in laying hens. It is suggested that the lowest dose of haloperidol (0.3 mg/kg) affects reward-related behaviors, whereas the effects of higher doses of haloperidol could be confounded by sedative effects. A high inter- and intra observer agreement in the assessment of head movements together with their dopamine dependency further suggest that this behavior in classical conditioning paradigm represents an indicator of the state of the reward system in laying hens that can be assessed with good reliability.
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- Randi Oppermann Moe
- Dept. of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, P.O. Box 8146 dep., N-0033 Oslo, Norway.
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The clinical syndromes of anxiety and depression are now thought to exist along a temporal continuum and this construct has been modelled in a preclinical setting in chicks separated from conspecifics. This research sought to further the validity of the chick anxiety-depression continuum model. Dose-response studies using two classes of anxiolytics (chlordiazepoxide: 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, 15.0 mg/kg, and clonidine: 0.1, 0.15, 0.2, 0.25 mg/kg) and three classes of antidepressants (imipramine: 1.0, 3.0, 10.0, 15.0 mg/kg, maprotoline: 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, 20.0 mg/kg and fluoxetine: 1.0, 5.0, 10.0, 20.0 mg/kg) showed an ability to detect anxiolytic activity of chlordiazepoxide, clonidine, imipramine and maprotoline in the anxiety-like phase of the model and to detect antidepressant effects of imipramine, maprotoline and fluoxetine in the depression-like phase of the model. In addition, blood plasma interleukin-6, a biomarker of stress, was found to be elevated in response to social-separation stress. Collectively, these findings further characterize the model as a simulation of the anxiety-depression continuum and begin to establish the paradigm as a high-utility adjuvant to rodent screening assays for putative anxiolytic and antidepressant compounds.
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- J E Warnick
- Department of Behavioral Sciences, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR, USA
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Shigemi K, Tsuneyoshi Y, Hamasu K, Han L, Hayamizu K, Denbow DM, Furuse M. l-Serine induces sedative and hypnotic effects acting at GABAA receptors in neonatal chicks. Eur J Pharmacol 2008; 599:86-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.09.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2008] [Revised: 09/18/2008] [Accepted: 09/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hybridizing behavioral models: a possible solution to some problems in neurophenotyping research? Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2008; 32:1172-8. [PMID: 18222590 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2007.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2007] [Revised: 12/07/2007] [Accepted: 12/07/2007] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The use of batteries of single-domain tests for neurophenotyping research is a common strategy to achieve higher data density and explore different behavioral domains. This approach, however, is accompanied by several methodological challenges, briefly discussed here. As an alternative, this paper advocates the wider use of extensive "hybrid" protocols that assess multiple domains in parallel, or logically/logistically combine experimental paradigms, in a way that disproportionately maximizes the number of tested phenotypes per experimental manipulation. Several examples of this approach are given in this paper, demonstrating the potential to reduce time, cost and subject requirements for the experiments. Offering behavioral analyses that are lacking in the standard single-domain tests, such "hybrid" models enable innovative modeling of neuropsychiatric disorders by more thorough and broader investigation of complex phenotypical characteristics.
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Sufka KJ, Feltenstein MW, Warnick JE, Acevedo EO, Webb HE, Cartwright CM. Modeling the anxiety-depression continuum hypothesis in domestic fowl chicks. Behav Pharmacol 2007; 17:681-9. [PMID: 17110794 DOI: 10.1097/fbp.0b013e3280115fac] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Anxiety and depression are currently classified as separate clinical syndromes despite considerable similarities in their symptoms, pathophysiological substrates and response to treatment interventions. An alternative hypothesis views anxiety and depression along a temporal continuum, a construct that the current research attempts to model in a preclinical setting. In experiment 1, socially raised domestic fowl chicks separated from conspecifics demonstrated a pattern of distress vocalizations that sequentially models anxiety-like and depressive-like states. In addition, administration of the benzodiazepine anxiolytic chlordiazepoxide and the tricyclic antidepressant imipramine provided pharmacological validation for the model in that they were capable of dissociating the anxiety-like and depressive-like states. In experiment 2, corticosterone levels were quantified across the isolation test session to provide convergent validity to the model. These findings fit well with the human clinical literature on the anxiety-depression continuum perspective, and suggest the consideration of a nosology that emphasizes the inter-relatedness of these clinical states rather than their boundaries.
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- Kenneth J Sufka
- Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA.
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Warnick JE, Wicks RT, Sufka KJ. Modeling anxiety-like states: pharmacological characterization of the chick separation stress paradigm. Behav Pharmacol 2006; 17:581-7. [PMID: 17021390 DOI: 10.1097/01.fbp.0000236269.87547.9d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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While previous research has sought to validate the chick separation stress paradigm as an anxiolytic screening assay, it is unknown whether the paradigm better models a nonspecific anxiety-like state or something similar to panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder. To characterize the anxiety model pharmacologically, cockerels were administered drug probes that were either: (1) only effective for treating panic disorder (phenelzine 3.125-25.0 mg/kg), (2) effective for treating both panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder (alprazolam 0.065-0.5 mg/kg; clonidine 0.1-0.25 mg/kg; imipramine 1.0-15.0 mg/kg), (3) only effective for treating generalized anxiety disorder (buspirone 2.5-10.0 mg/kg; trazodone 0.1-3.0 mg/kg) or (4) capable of exacerbating symptoms of panic disorder in humans (yohimbine 0.1-3.0 mg/kg). At 7 days after hatch, chicks received either vehicle or drug probe intramuscularly 15 min prior to social separation under a mirror (low-stress) or no-mirror (high-stress) condition for a 180-s observation period. Dependent measures were distress vocalizations to index separation stress and sleep-onset latency to index sedation. Phenelzine, alprazolam, imipramine and clonidine were able to attenuate distress vocalizations (at doses without significant sedation) whereas buspirone and trazodone did not. Paradoxically, yohimbine modestly attenuated distress vocalizations. These results suggest that the chick separation stress paradigm better models panic disorder than generalized anxiety disorder as an anxiolytic screen.
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- Jason E Warnick
- Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi 38677, USA
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Leveleki C, Sziray N, Levay G, Barsvári B, Soproni K, Mikics E, Haller J. Pharmacological evaluation of the stress-induced social avoidance model of anxiety. Brain Res Bull 2006; 69:153-60. [PMID: 16533664 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2005.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2005] [Revised: 11/10/2005] [Accepted: 11/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We have shown earlier that mild electric shocks induce a lasting social avoidance in male rats. Here we investigated whether shock-induced social avoidance can be developed into a laboratory model of stress-induced anxiety. The putative new model would assess sub-chronic, stress-induced anxiety (as opposed to tests based on natural fear) in a heterologous context (as opposed to classical fear conditioning). A single exposure to mild electric shocks induced a robust social avoidance that lasted more than 5 days. Low doses of chlordiazepoxide (0.5, 1 mg/kg), diazepam (0.5, 1, 5 mg/kg), buspirone (0.3, 1 mg/kg), and fluoxetine (1, 3, 5 mg/kg) abolished this effect, whereas the anxiogenic compound m-chlorophenylpiperazine (0.5-3 mg/kg) induced social avoidance in unshocked rats. These effects were produced at doses that did not affect locomotion in the open field. Haloperidol (0.05, 0.1, 1, 5 mg/kg) influenced social avoidance at sedative doses only. The sensitivity of the model to anxiolytic agents was compromised at high (sedating) doses. Taken conjointly, these data show that shock-induced social avoidance can be used to assess the anxiolytic potential of compounds. In addition to predictive validity, the model appears to show construct and face validity as well: stress is among the etiological factors of, whereas social avoidance simulates the social deficits seen in, a variety of anxiety disorders. The model may be used to study the effects of anxiolytics on sub-chronic states of stress-induced anxiety.
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Feltenstein MW, Sufka KJ. Screening antidepressants in the chick separation-stress paradigm. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2005; 181:153-9. [PMID: 15778882 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-2227-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2004] [Accepted: 02/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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RATIONALE Clinical research has indicated that antidepressants are efficacious in the treatment of anxiety disorders, especially when repeatedly administered. However, few animal models of anxiety are sensitive to antidepressants, a finding that may be due to procedures limited to acute administrations. OBJECTIVES The purpose of the present research was to further validate the chick separation-stress paradigm as an animal model of anxiety by examining its sensitivity to the monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) phenelzine (6.25, 12.5, 25.0 mg/kg), the tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) imipramine (5.0, 10.0, 20.0 mg/kg), the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) citalopram (1.0, 2.5, 5.0 mg/kg), and the norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (NRI) maprotiline (5.0, 10.0, 20.0 mg/kg) under acute (no pretreatment) or repeated (3 or 6 days pretreatment) administration procedures. METHODS Following any pretreatment, 8-day-old chicks received their respective vehicle or drug probe injection 15 min before tests in either a "mirror" (low stress) or "no mirror" (high stress) condition for a 180-s isolation period. The dependent measures were distress vocalizations to index separation stress and sleep onset latency to index sedation. RESULTS The model was sensitive to acutely administered phenelzine (MAOI), imipramine (TCA), and maprotiline (NRI), but not citalopram (SSRI) and retained its sensitivity to these drug probes across both repeated administration procedures. None of the drug probes possessed any sedative properties. CONCLUSIONS These results help extend the validity and utility of the chick separation-stress paradigm as an animal model of anxiety by demonstrating its sensitivity to antidepressants under both acute and repeated administration procedures.
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