Science Daily (press release) She added, "And not only that, when we treated the mice with fluoxetine , one of the most common medications used for OCD, their behavior ...
Medical News Today The behavior can be effectively controlled with fluoxetine , a drug commonly used to treat OCD in people. The inherited obesity mice lack a brain protein called MC4R. Mutations in the MC4R gene are the biggest single-gene cause of over-eating and morbid ...
Examiner.com Bottles of antidepressant pills Wellbutrin (L-R) , Paxil, Lexapro, Effexor, Zoloft and Fluoxetine are shown March 23, 2004 photographed in Miami, Florida. Photo credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Short-term use of SSRIs does not produce the impairment of ... and more »
BioNews Texas The commonly used drug to treat the obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in people is known as fluoxetine . Lutter is interested in the development of obesity, and he works with mice lacking the brain protein MC4R, which causes a similar form of ...
Environmental Health News Exposure to fluoxetine , known by the trade name Prozac, had a bizarre effect on male fathead minnows, according to new, unpublished research by scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Male minnows exposed to a small dose of the drug in ... and more »
EurekAlert (press release) These mice groom themselves excessively to the point of lesioning their skin, and their compulsive behavior can be effectively treated by fluoxetine , a drug that is commonly used to treat OCD in people. Lutter works with a mouse that genetically mimics ... and more »
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com According to reports, the current eight best-selling antidepressants globally are Fluoxetine, Paroxetine , Sertraline, Fluvoxamine, Venlafaxine, Mirtazapine, Duloxetine and Amitriptyline, and the total sales amount exceeds 80% of global antidepressant ...
Colorado Springs Gazette Other companies also are pursuing compounds that work on the same brain chemicals. GLYX-13 is being developed by Naurex. A study in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology (April 2013) found antidepressant activity without ketamine's dissociative side ...
TIME In some of the mice, small doses of fluoxetine — the generic form of Prozac and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors — hastened the disappearance of the behavior. (MORE: Avatar Therapy Helps Schizophrenia Sufferers Silence Their Demons) ...
