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Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi. 1980 Sep;76(6):533-47.
[Behavioral pharmacology of mianserin hydrochloride, a new antidepressant (author's transl)]
[Article in Japanese]
Kamioka T, Sakai Y.
Behavioral pharmacological properties of mianserin (1,2,3,4,10,14b-hexahydro-2-methyldibenzol[c,f]pyrazino [1.2-a]azepine monohydrochloride) were investigated in comparison with imipramine (IMP) and amitriptyline (ATP). Mianserin antagonized reserpine-induced hypothermia but to a much lesser extent than IMP or ATP, and did not block the ptosis evoked by reserpine or tetrabenazine. Amphetamine-induced stereotyped behavior was significantly enhanced by both IMP and ATP, but not by mianserin. Unlike IMP or ATP, haloperidol-induced catalepsy in the rat was not blocked by mianserin. Like IMP or ATP, mianserin did not suppress the convulsions induced by bemegride or strychnine in the mouse, and or emetic action of apomorphine in the dog, while only mianserin did not block the convulsions evoked by electric shocks. Mianserin more strongly potentiated the anesthetic action of thiopental than did IMP. ATP showed strong muscle relaxant action and the impairment of coordinated motor activities both in mice and rats, in the inclinated screen test and rotarod test, while, like IMP, these actions of mianserin were significant only in the rat. Catalepsy was not induced nor was the righting reflex suppressed by mianserin. In the low spinal cat, mianserin did not depress the amplitude of extensor MSR. Moreover, the MSR inhibition induced by conditioning stimulation of ipsilateral cutaneous afferents and the MSR potentiation evoked by conditioning stimulation of contralateral saphenous nerve were unaffected by mianserin. The curious behavior of mice and rats was significantly and dose-dependently suppressed by mianserin, and tended to be suppressed by ATP, while an enhancement was seen with IMP in large doses. Mianserin was the most potent in suppressing the fighting behavior induced by long-term isolation of the mouse, and was the weakest in suppressing electric-stimulation-induced fighting behavior, compared with IMP and ATP. Mianserin showed no significant suppression of the muricide behavior of the olfactory bulbectomized rat, while IMP significantly suppressed it. No significant differences were observed among mianserin, IMP and ATP as to their actions on the conflict behavior and the shuttle-box type conditioned avoidance behavior of the rat. These results indicate that behavioral pharmacological actions of mianserin were not always the same as those of IMP and ATP. Therefore, mianserin may be a new antidepressant with mechanisms of action which differ from that of the usual tricyclic antidepressants.
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Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1977 Feb;34(2):236-9.
Antidepressants and the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor.
Snyder SH, Yamamura HI.
Several tricyclic antidepressants have been assessed for their potency in binding to the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor of brain and intestine. Amitriptyline hydrochloride is about ten times as potent as imipramine hydrochloride. Dimethylated drugs are more potent than monomethylated ones. The relative anticholinergic activities of tricyclic antidepressants have implications for their use in patients who might be affected adversely by anticholinergic effects.
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Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 1981 Feb;316(1):31-7.
The effects of several muscarinic antagonists on pre- and postsynaptic receptors in the isolated rabbit heart.
Fuder H, Meiser C, Wormstall H, Muscholl E.
In order to reveal possible differences between pre- and postsynaptic muscarine receptors, seven antagonists were tested for their affinities on these receptor sites in the rabbit isolated perfused heart. Methacholine was used as an agonist to inhibit the noradrenaline overflow evoked by electrical stimulation (3 Hz, 3 min) of the sympathetic nerves (presynaptic parameter) and to decrease the systolic tension development of the right atrium (postsynaptic parameter). The affinity of an antagonist was expressed as pA2. A decreasing order of potency was obtained with ipratropium, scopolamine, atropine, trihexyphenidyl, amitriptyline, and gallamine, both for pre- and postsynaptic responses. The antagonists acted competitively and their effects were reversible. Furthermore, for none of the drugs did the pA2 (pre) differ from the pA2 (post). With QNB (3-quinuclidinyl benzilate) a pA2 (post) of 11.65 was obtained. However, the affinity to presynaptic receptors could not be determined as a pA2 value due to the very prolonged exposure time required for the equilibrium with QNB and for that with methacholine in the presence of QNB. It is concluded that the antagonists employed do not reveal differences between pre- and postsynaptic muscarine receptors of the rabbit heart, in spite of their greatly varying chemical structure and their individual affinities ranging over 5 orders of magnitude. The findings confirm the view of a homogeneous muscarine receptor population characterized by functional parameters.
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