THE EFFECT OF TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION OF RAT-BRAIN ON BEHAVIORAL-MODELS OF DEPRESSION

Authors
FLEISCHMANN A PROLOV K ABARBANEL J BELMAKER RH
Citation
A. Fleischmann et al., THE EFFECT OF TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION OF RAT-BRAIN ON BEHAVIORAL-MODELS OF DEPRESSION, Brain research, 699(1), 1995, pp. 130-132
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Brain research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00068993
Volume
699
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
130 - 132
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-8993(1995)699:1<130:TEOTMS>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Magnetic stimulation of the brain in unanaesthetized humans and animal s can painlessly induce motor movements and has recently been reported to have antidepressant properties. In behavioral models of depression and electroconvulsive therapy including enhancement of apormorphine-i nduced stereotypy, reduction of immobility in the Porsolt swim test an d increases in seizure threshold for subsequent stimulation, magnetic stimulation of rat brain had effects similar to those of electroconvul sive shock.