Background: Antidepressant drugs in adolescent depression are sometimes mired by efficacy issues and paradoxical effects. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) could represent an alternative.
Aims/methods: We tested the antidepressant action of prefrontal tDCS and paroxetine (20 mg/kg, intraperitoneal) in olfactory bulbectomised (OBX) adolescent rats. Using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and in situ hybridisation, we examined treatment-induced changes in plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and brain serotonin transporter (SERT) and 5-HT-1A mRNA.
Results: OBX-induced anhedonia-like reductions in sucrose preference (SP) correlated with open field (OF) hyperactivity. These were accompanied by decreased zif268 mRNA in the piriform/amygdalopiriform transition area, and increased zif268 mRNA in the hypothalamus. Acute paroxetine (2 days) led to a profound SP reduction, an effect blocked by combined tDCS-paroxetine administration. Chronic (14 days) tDCS attenuated hyperlocomotion and its combination with paroxetine blocked OBX-induced SP reduction. Correlations among BDNF, SP and hyperlocomotion scores were altered by OBX but were normalised by tDCS-paroxetine co-treatment. In the brain, paroxetine increased zif268 mRNA in the hippocampal CA1 subregion and decreased it in the claustrum. This effect was blocked by tDCS co-administration, which also increased zif268 in CA2. tDCS-paroxetine co-treatment had variable effects on 5-HT1A receptors and SERT mRNA. 5-HT1A receptor changes were found exclusively within depression-related parahippocampal/hippocampal subregions, and SERT changes within fear/defensive response-modulating brainstem circuits.
Conclusion: These findings point towards potential synergistic efficacies of tDCS and paroxetine in the OBX model of adolescent depression via mechanisms associated with altered expression of BDNF, 5-HT1A, SERT and zif268 in discrete corticolimbic areas.
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