[Fenibut and its citrate prevent psychoneurological disorders caused by chronic stress (paradoxical sleep deprivation)]

Eksp Klin Farmakol. 2012;75(6):8-13.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The antistress protective action of two structural analogs of GABA, fenibut and its salt with citric acid (fenibut citrate, citrocard, RGPU-147), has been studied using a model of chronic stress caused by seven-fold 24-h deprivation of paradoxical sleep phase at an interval of 24 h between the deprivations. It is established that fenibut and fenibut citrate produce a protective action by (i) reducing the intensity of emotional disorders in the open-field test and elevated plus maze test, (ii) decreasing cognitive disorders in the tests for conditioned avoidance response and extrapolatory deliverance; and (iii) limiting stress reaction due to a decrease in the intensity of adrenal hypertrophy, thymus involution, and stomach mucous membrane ulceration. Fenibut citrate surpasses fenibut in the intensity of antistress protective action.

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Glands / drug effects
  • Adrenal Glands / physiopathology
  • Animals
  • Avoidance Learning / drug effects
  • Behavior, Animal / drug effects
  • Citrates
  • Cognition Disorders / drug therapy*
  • Cognition Disorders / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Maze Learning / drug effects
  • Neurotic Disorders / drug therapy*
  • Neurotic Disorders / physiopathology
  • Rats
  • Sleep Deprivation / drug therapy*
  • Sleep Deprivation / physiopathology
  • Sleep, REM
  • Stomach / drug effects
  • Stomach / physiopathology
  • Stress, Physiological / drug effects
  • Thymus Gland / drug effects
  • Thymus Gland / physiopathology
  • Tranquilizing Agents / therapeutic use*
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Citrates
  • Tranquilizing Agents
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
  • 4-amino-3-phenylbutyric acid