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Animals were injected with 20 mg/kg desipramine (DMI) 1 h (acute) or 24, 5 and 1 h (subchronic) or once daily for 7 consecutive days (chronic) before the forced swimming test (FST). DMI was also injected at a dose of 40 mg/kg acutely. Animals were killed immediately after test for evaluation of brain concentrations of DMI and its demethylated metabolite desmethyldesipramine (DDMI). Acute and chronic DMI 20 mg/kg gave rise to similar brain concentrations but only chronic DMI was active on FST. Acute DMI 20 mg/kg and 40 mg/kg gave rise to different brain concentrations but similar effects on FST. DDMI concentrations were similar after the various DMI treatments. Results seem to indicate that no relationship exists between effect of DMI on FST and brain concentrations of either DMI or DDMI.
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Mancinelli, A., D'Aranno, V., Borsini, F. et al. Lack of relationship between effect of desipramine on forced swimming test and brain levels of desipramine or its demethylated metabolite in rats. Psychopharmacology 92, 441–443 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00176475
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