Archive for Animal studies

Fluoxetine Exposure during Adolescence Alters Responses to Aversive Stimuli in Adulthood — (The Journal of Neuroscience)
Warning – Your Anti-Depressant May Induce Psychosis — (Turning Point Psychotherapy)
Fish on Prozac become angry, aggressive and KILL their mates, new study finds — (Daily Mail)
Does the brain's 'happy chemical' influence our sexuality? Researchers find blocking serotonin can reverse preferences — (Daily Mail)
Now Antidepressant-Induced Chronic Depression Has a Name: Tardive Dysphoria: New research on why antidepressants may worsen long-term outcomes— (Psychology Today) )
SSRI Ed note: Research shows how use of antidepressants makes mild/moderate "depression", which used to disaeppear spontaneously, chronic. Call this “tardive dysphoria.”
Regulating sleep in the first years of life is vital — (Yahoo.com)
SSRI Ed note: Research team discovers that taking antidepressants in childhood causes permanent disruption to serotoninergic system, impairs normal sleep patterns for life.
A happy fish is a dead fish — (Practical Fishkeeping)
SSRI Ed note: Researchers find that fluoxetine in water makes fish behave abnormally in ways detrimental to their survival.
Developmental effects of SSRIs: lessons learned from animal studies — (International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience)
SSRI Ed note: Researchers find that in mice, exposure to SSRIs during critical periods of brain development leads to maladaptive behaviours that persist into adulthood,
Drug firms are addicted to greed and dishonesty — (The Scotsman)
SSRI Ed note: MIld-mannered man takes Prozac, it changes his personality, he threatens girlfriend with a gun.
Is Prozac OK for Lab? — (Dallas Morning News)
SSRI Ed note: Vet advises against using prozac for dog, saying such drugs can increase aggression in pets. Also notes that training is the most important thing.
The Downsides of Prozac — (Harvard Magazine)
SSRI Ed note: Glenmullen explains the phenomenon of SSRIs giving a temporary mood boost to some, the effects wearing off, and the taker being left more depressed.
Fatal combined intoxication with new antidepressants. Human cases and an experimental study of postmortem moclobemide redistribution — (Forensic Science International)
SSRI Ed note: Combining monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MOI) and selective serotinin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants causes serotonin syndrome which can kill you.
Prozac not good cure for aggressive dog — (Chicago Sun-Times)
MUTANT MICE MAY HOLD KEY TO HUMAN VIOLENCE: AN EXCESS OF SEROTONIN, A CHEMICAL THAT HELPS REGULATE MOOD AND MENTAL HEALTH, CAUSES MAYHEM — (Portland Press Herald)