New Findings from Damghan University Describe Advances in Neuroscience (Effect of Fluvoxamine on Electrophysiological and Behavioral Alterations of Rats With Depression).

A study conducted at Damghan University in Iran explored the effects of fluvoxamine on rats with depression. The researchers divided the rats into four groups and induced chronic mild stress in three of the groups. The rats in the treatment group received daily injections of fluvoxamine. The study found that fluvoxamine effectively reduced depressive-like behaviors in the rats and also observed alterations in the electrophysiological activity of the hippocampus and the posterior cingulate cortex. The researchers concluded that fluvoxamine may reduce depression-like behaviors in animals by affecting the electrophysiological activity of these brain regions. [Extracted from the article]