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Flank marking behavior is observed soon after the onset of grooming, and usually within two minutes of the microinjection.
On the day of testing, animals were treated with clomipramine and 60-90 min later microinjected with 1.0 μM AVP in a volume of 100 nl and scored for flank marking and flank gland grooming.
Vasopressin-triggered flank marking occurs with 60 sec of microinjection and lasts for ca. 4-5 min [ 5 ] . A trained observer recorded the number of flank marks and the amount of time spent grooming for a 10-minute period.
While grooming remained unaffected, flank marking was inhibited by treatment with fluoxetine and clomipramine but not desipramine.
Given the association between AVP and OCD and the stereotyped nature of AVP-induced flank gland grooming and flank marking, the present studies were undertaken to determine whether clomipramine and fluoxetine, two drugs used to treat OCD in humans [ 20 ] might inhibit these AVP-induced behaviors.