{"title":"Depression of REM sleep in cats by nisoxetine, a potential antidepressant drug.","authors":"I H Slater, G T Jones, R A Moore","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nisoxetine, a potent and specific inhibitor of norepinephrine uptake, suppressed REM sleep in cats. Oral doses as small as 0.1 mg/kg were effective during the first 2 1/2 hours of a recording session; 0.25 mg/kg, for 5 hours. The amount of slow wave sleep increased in cats that received 0.1-1.0 mg/kg of nisoxetine. These changes in sleep pattern resemble those reported after treatment with somewhat higher doses of tricylic antidepressants.</p>","PeriodicalId":76387,"journal":{"name":"Psychopharmacology communications","volume":"2 3","pages":"181-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1976-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Psychopharmacology communications","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Nisoxetine, a potent and specific inhibitor of norepinephrine uptake, suppressed REM sleep in cats. Oral doses as small as 0.1 mg/kg were effective during the first 2 1/2 hours of a recording session; 0.25 mg/kg, for 5 hours. The amount of slow wave sleep increased in cats that received 0.1-1.0 mg/kg of nisoxetine. These changes in sleep pattern resemble those reported after treatment with somewhat higher doses of tricylic antidepressants.