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The present series of experiments compared the behavioral effects of the novel non-peptide CRF antagonist CP-154,526 with
those of diazepam and the 5-HT1A receptor partial agonist buspirone in classical animal models of anxiety including conflict tests (punished lever pressing
and punished drinking tests in rats) and exploratory models (elevated plus-maze test in rats, light/dark choice and free-exploration
tests in mice), and a recently developed mouse defense test battery (MDTB) which has been validated for the screening of anxiolytic
drugs. Results from both conflict procedures showed that diazepam (2.5–10 mg/kg, IP) produced clear anxiolytic-like effects,
whereas buspirone (2.5 mg/kg, IP) displayed anticonflict activity in the punished drinking test only. CP-154,526 (0.6–20 mg/kg)
was devoid of significant activity in both procedures. In the elevated plus-maze, diazepam (2 mg/kg, IP) produced significant
effects on traditional (i.e. spatio-temporal) and ethologically derived (i.e. risk assessment and directed exploration) indices
of anxiety. Buspirone (1–4 mg/kg, IP) reduced risk assessment activities only, and CP-154,526 (0.6–20 mg/kg, IP) did not
modify the indices of anxiety in the elevated plus-maze. In the light/dark test, diazepam (2.5–5 mg/kg, IP) and CP-154,526
(10–40 mg/kg, IP) affected all behavioral indices of anxiety, while buspirone reduced risk assessment activities at the highest
doses only (10 and 15 mg/kg, IP). In the free-exploration test, diazepam (1 mg/kg, IP) reduced avoidance responses towards
novelty, as indicated by the increase in exploratory activity in a novel compartment and the decrease in risk assessment.
CP-154,526 failed to affect the former behavior and weakly reduced the latter (5 and 20 mg/kg, IP). Buspirone (1.25–5 mg/kg,
IP) was inactive in this test. Finally, in the MDTB, diazepam (0.5–3 mg/kg, IP) attenuated all defensive reactions of mice
confronted with a rat stimulus (i.e. flight, risk assessment and defensive attack) or with a situation associated with this
threat (i.e. contextual defense). Buspirone (1.25–5 mg/kg, IP) reduced defensive attack and contextual defense, while CP-154,526
(5–20 mg/kg, IP) affected all defensive behaviors, with the exception of one risk assessment measure. The finding that CP-154,526
displayed positive effects in mice but not in rats may be due to increased sensitivity to environmental stress of the strains
used (i.e. BALB/c, Swiss) and/or to the fact that animals were exposed to unavoidable stress stimuli which may lead to a significant
activation of the CRF system. Although in mice the anxiety-reducing potential of CP-154,526 is superior to that of the atypical
anxiolytic buspirone, it is smaller in terms of the magnitude of the effects and the number of indices of anxiety affected
than that of diazepam.
Received: 7 September 1997/Final version: 26 November 1997 相似文献
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Blockade of phencyclidine-induced hyperlocomotion by olanzapine, clozapine and serotonin receptor subtype selective antagonists in mice 总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8
In humans, phencyclidine (PCP) is known to produce a syndrome of behavioral effects which have many characteristics in common
with schizophrenia. Therefore, antagonism of PCP effects might be evidence for antipsychotic efficacy of a compound. In the
present studies, the effects of the D2-like antagonist haloperidol, the mixed D2-like/5-HT2 antagonists olanzapine and clozapine, and a series of 5-HT receptor subtype selective antagonists on the hyperlocomotion
produced by PCP were evaluated in mice. PCP (0.3–10 mg/kg) produced a dose-related increase in locomotor activity, with a
peak effect at 3.0 mg/kg. The D2-like antagonist haloperidol produced a dose-related decrease in locomotor activity when administered alone, and blocked the
hyperactivity effects of PCP over the same dose-range (minimal effective dose, MED = 0.3 mg/kg for both effects). In contrast,
olanzapine and clozapine reversed the hyperlocomotion effects of PCP at doses (MED = 0.03 and 0.3 mg/kg, respectively) approximately
30-and 10-fold, respectively, below those that decreased activity when administered alone (MED = 1.0 and 3.0 mg/kg, respectively).
The selective 5-HT2 antagonist LY53857 (0.3–3.0 mg/kg) administered alone had no effect on locomotor activity but reversed (MED = 0.1 mg/kg)
the effects of PCP. Similarly, the selective 5-HT2A/2C antagonist ritanserin (0.001–1.0 mg/kg) alone had no effect on locomotor activity, but reversed (MED = 0.01 mg/kg) the effects
of PCP. The selective 5-HT2A antagonists ketanserin (MED = 3.0 mg/kg) and MDL 100,907 (MED = 0.3 mg/kg) produced dose-related decreases in locomotor activity
and ketanserin (MED = 0.1 mg/kg) and MDL 100,907 (MED = 0.003 mg/kg) reversed the effects of PCP. The selective 5-HT3 antagonist zatosetron (0.01–10 mg/kg) and the selective 5-HT1A antagonist WAY 100,635 (0.001–3 mg/kg) were without effects on spontaneous locomotor activity. Zatosetron reversed the effects
of 3.0 mg/kg PCP at the nonselective dose of 10 mg/kg whereas WAY 100,635 (0.001–1 mg/kg) did not affect PCP-induced hyperlocomotion.
The present results indicate that PCP increases locomotor activity, at least in part, due to actions at 5-HT2A, but not 5-HT3 or 5-HT1A, receptors. Further, the present findings support the hypothesis that antagonism at 5-HT2A receptors contributes to the in vivo actions of atypical antipsychotics such as olanzapine and clozapine.
Received: 27 June 1996/Final version: 20 August 1996 相似文献
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The effects of acute pretest administration and chronic posttest administration of clonidine or the selective alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist UK-14,304 on conflict behavior were investigated. In daily 10-min sessions, water-deprived rats were trained to drink water from a tube that was occasionally electrified (0.25 mA); electrification was signaled by a tone. Prior to treatment, subjects accepted 25-30 shocks/session (punished responding) and consumed approximately 12-15 ml/session (unpunished responding). Acute pretest administration of clonidine or UK-14,304 did not increase punished responding. In contrast, chronic posttest clonidine administration (40 micrograms/kg, IP, twice daily for 8 weeks) resulted in a robust and time-dependent increase in punished responding (60-70 shocks/session) relative to saline-treated controls. Moreover, the selective alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist UK-14,304 also increased punished responding when administered chronically (1.0 mg/kg, BID). Administration of the noradrenergic neurotoxin N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-ethyl-2-bromobenzylamine HCl (DSP4, 65 mg/kg, IP) significantly decreased punished responding in control conditioned suppression of drinking sessions. The anticonflict effect associated with chronic posttest clonidine treatment was not altered by DSP4 pretreatment. These findings suggest that chronic posttest alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist treatment produces an anticonflict effect independent of its actions at presynaptic alpha 2-adrenoceptors. 相似文献
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The role of GABA-A and mitochondrial diazepam-binding inhibitor receptors on the effects of neurosteroids on food intake in mice 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
The present studies were undertaken to investigate the neuroactive steroidal modulation of feeding behavior and possible
involvement of γ-aminobutyric acid type-A (GABA-A) and mitochondrial diazepam binding inhibitor (DBI) receptors (MDR) in food-deprived
male mice. Allopregnanolone (0.5–2 mg/kg), a neurosteroid, progesterone (1–10 mg/kg), a neurosteroid precursor, and 4′-chlordiazepam
(0.25–1 mg/kg), a specific high affinity MDR agonist, produced a dose-dependent hyperphagic effects. In contrast, neurosteroids
pregnenolone sulfate (PS) (1–10 mg/kg) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) (1–10 mg/ kg) produced a hypophagic effect,
in a dose-dependent manner. The allopregnanolone-, progesterone- and 4′-chlordiazepam-induced hyperphagic effect was blocked
by picrotoxin (1 mg/kg), a GABA-A chloride channel antagonist, but not by flumazenil (2 mg/kg), a benzodiazepine (BZD) antagonist.
The 4′-chlordiazepam-induced hyperphagic effect was prevented by pretreatment with PK11195 (2 mg/kg), a selective partial
MDR antagonist. The hypophagic effect of DHEAS (10 mg/kg) was reversed by dizocilpine (10 μg/kg), an NMDA receptor antagonist,
but resistant to muscimol (0.1 mg/kg), a selective GABA-A receptor agonist. In contrast, the PS (10 mg/kg)-induced hypophagic
response was resistant to dizocilpine, but sensitive to muscimol (0.1mg/kg). Both the sulfated neurosteroids PS and DHEAS
also reversed the hyperphagic effect of allopregnanolone. In addition, the BZD agonist triazolam (0.05–0.25 mg/kg) also produced
a flumazenil- and picrotoxin-sensitive hyperphagic effects, thereby suggesting the changes in feeding behavior by neurosteroids
represent GABA-A receptor mediated hyperphagic action. Although the possible antistress or anxiolytic actions of neurosteroids
may confound the hyperphagia, behavioral effects observed were specific to food because the mice were adopted to the test
environment and diet, and of a possible variation between various neurosteroids in the extent to which antistress or anxiolytic
effect produced at hyperphagic doses. The hyperphagic effects of progesterone and 4′-chlordiazepam resembled that of neurosteroid
allopregnanolone. Therefore, the effect of progesterone may be imputed to its metabolism to allopregnanolone, while the 4′-chlordiazepam-induced
hyperphagic response is related to its MDR-stimulated neurosteroidogenesis and subsequent modulation of GABA-A receptors.
The hypophagic response following DHEAS may, at least partly, involve an NMDA receptor mechanism. However, PS-induced hypophagia
may be mediated by GABA-A or other receptor systems. These data suggest a pivotal role for GABA-A and mitochondrial DBI receptors
in the hyperphagic effects of neurosteroids and reinforces a role for endogenous neurosteroids in regulating feeding behavior.
Future studies may lead to the development of neurosteroid-based anorectic/hyperphagic agents for therapeutic use.
Received: 30 September 1997/Final version: 18 November 1997 相似文献
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Dose-dependent noradrenergic and serotonergic properties of venlafaxine in animal models indicative of antidepressant activity 总被引:7,自引:0,他引:7
The present study was undertaken to investigate thoroughly the preclinical psychopharmacological profile of venlafaxine,
testing a wide range of doses in animal models indicative of antidepressant-like effects. Venlafaxine was found to be active
in mouse forced swimming test (at 8, 16, 32 and 64 mg/kg) and to increase spontaneous locomotor activity (at 16, 32 and 64 mg/kg).
Venlafaxine antagonised apomorphine-induced (16 mg/kg) hypothermia (at 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 mg/kg). Pretreatment with PCPA
significantly attenuated the anti-immobility effects of venlafaxine (8 and 16 mg/kg; P < 0.01) in the mouse forced swimming test. Venlafaxine at a dose of 32 mg/kg remained active, despite PCPA pretreatment.
DSP-4 significantly attenuated the anti-immobility effects of venlafaxine (16 mg/kg; P < 0.05), whereas venlafaxine at 32 mg/kg remained active, despite DSP-4 pretreatment. Venlafaxine was active in the forced
swimming test when administered at sub-effective doses in combination with (±) pindolol (venlafaxine: 1 and 2 mg/kg), RU 24969
(venlafaxine: 1, 2 and 4 mg/kg), 8-OH-DPAT (venlafaxine: 4 mg/kg), clonidine (venlafaxine: 1, 2 and 4 mg/kg), lithium (venlafaxine:
1, 2, and 4 mg/kg) and quinine (venlafaxine: 1 and 2 mg/kg). Prior administration with NAN-190 antagonised the anti-immobility
effects of venlafaxine (8, 16 and 32 mg/kg). Interaction studies did not induce changes in locomotor activity. The results
of the present study indicated that, at low doses, venlafaxine inhibited serotonin reuptake, while at higher doses it inhibited
both serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake.
Received: 19 May 1997/Final version: 1 December 1997 相似文献
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P. Jäkälä J. Puoliväli M. Björklund E. Koivisto P. Riekkinen Jr. 《Psychopharmacology》1997,132(3):270-280
We investigated if activation of the muscarinic or nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine;
5-HT) subtype 2 receptors would have additive or synergistic effects on the suppression of thalamocortically generated rhythmic
neocortical high-voltage spindles (HVSs) in aged rats. The 5-HT2 receptor antagonist, ketanserin, at a moderate dose (5 mg/kg) prevented the ability of a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor
agonist, (oxotremorine 0.1 mg/kg), and a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist (nicotine 0.1 mg/kg), to decrease HVSs.
At a higher dose (20 mg/kg), ketanserin completely blocked the decrease in HVSs produced by moderate doses of muscarinic acetylcholine
receptor agonists (pilocarpine 1 mg/kg and oxotremorine 0.1 mg/kg), and by a high dose of nicotine (0.3 mg/kg), though not
that produced by high doses of pilocarpine (3 mg/kg) and oxotremorine (0.9 mg/kg). The ability of a 5-HT2 receptor agonist, (±)-1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)-2-aminopropane (DOI) (0.1–1.0 mg/kg), to suppress HVSs was non-significantly
modulated by the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist, mecamylamine (1–15 mg/kg), and the muscarinic acetylcholine
receptor antagonist, scopolamine (0.03–0.3 mg/kg). The effects of the drugs on behavioral activity could be separated from
their effects on HVSs. The results suggest that activation of the muscarinic or nicotinic acetylcholine receptors plus 5-HT2 receptors has additive effects in the suppression of thalamocortical oscillations in aged rats.
Received: 2 November 1996 /Final version: 7 February 1997 相似文献
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Comparison of the effects of venlafaxine, paroxetine and desipramine on the pupillary light reflex in man 总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6
Rationale: The time-course of the pupillary light reflex response is determined by the successive activation of the parasympathetic
and sympathetic innervations of the iris, the latency and the amplitude reflecting parasympathetic and the recovery time mainly
sympathetic activity. Objective: To compare the effects of single doses of three antidepressants (venlafaxine: serotonin/noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor,
paroxetine: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, and desipramine: tricyclic antidepressant) on resting pupil diameter and
the pupillary light reflex response. Methods: Fifteen healthy male volunteers participated in five weekly sessions, each of which was associated with one treatment (venlafaxine
75 mg or 150 mg, paroxetine 20 mg, desipramine 100 mg, or placebo) according to a double-blind, double-dummy, balanced, cross-over
design. An infrared binocular television pupillometer was used for the recording of the resting pupil diameter and the pupillary
light reflex in darkness, in previously dark-adapted eyes. Resting pupil diameter in darkness was recorded before and after
treatment. The pupillary light reflex was elicited after treatment, with six light flashes (green, 565 nm peak wavelength)
of 200 ms duration and of incremental illuminance (measured in the plane of the cornea): 3.0 × 10–3, 8.5 × 10–3, 2.5 × 10–2, 7.0 × 10–2, 0.18, 0.43 mW cm−2. The parameters studied were: latency, amplitude and 75% recovery time. Results: Analyses of variance followed by post hoc tests (least significant difference test or Dunnett’s test; P < 0.05) revealed that both doses of venlafaxine produced a significant increase in resting pupil diameter, decrease in amplitude
and shortening of the 75% recovery time of the light reflex response; venlafaxine 150 mg prolonged the latency, while the
other treatments had no significant effects. Conclusions: The increase in resting pupil diameter could be indicative of parasympathetic inhibition and/or sympathetic activation. The
shortening of the recovery time of the light reflex response is consistent with sympathetic potentiation resulting from noradrenaline
uptake blockade in the iris. The prolongation of the latency and decrease of the amplitude of the light reflex response are
indicative of a parasympatholytic effect of venlafaxine. However, as venlafaxine has negligible affinity for muscarinic cholinoceptors,
this effect cannot be attributed to the blockade of cholinoceptors in the iris. A possible explanation for this finding is
that it reflects a central rather than a peripheral effect of the drug: the blockade of noradrenaline uptake in the brain
could lead to the potentiation of the noradrenergic inhibition of central parasympathetic (Edinger-Westphal) neurones. These
results demonstrate the ability of therapeutically relevant single doses of venlafaxine to potentiate noradrenergic responses
in man, consistent with the blockade of noradrenaline uptake.
Received: 29 July 1998/Final version: 17 November 1998 相似文献
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Pindolol does not act only on 5-HT1A receptors in augmenting antidepressant activity in the mouse forced swimming test 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The present study was undertaken to identify the receptor subtypes involved in (±) pindolol’s ability to enhance the effects
of antidepressant drugs in the mouse forced swimming test. Interaction studies were performed with S 15535 (presynaptic 5-HT1A receptor agonist) and methiothepin (5-HT1B autoreceptor antagonist) in an attempt to attenuate or potentiate antidepressant-like activity. (±) Pindolol was tested in
combination with selective agonists and antagonists at 5-HT1, 5-HT2 and 5-HT3 receptor subtypes. Pretreatment with S 15535 and methiothepin attenuated the activity of paroxetine, fluvoxamine and citalopram
(32 mg/kg, IP; P < 0.01). (±) Pindolol (32 mg/kg, IP.) induced significant anti-immobility effects when tested in combination with 5-methoxy-3-(1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-4-pyridyl)-1H-indole
(RU 24969) (1 mg/kg, IP; P < 0.05), 1-(2-methoxyphenyl)-4-[-(2-phthalimido) butyl]piperazine) (NAN 190) (0.5 mg/kg; P < 0.05) and ondansetron (0.00001 mg/kg, IP; P < 0.01). Pretreatment with NAN 190 (0.5 mg/kg, IP) potentiated the effects of RU 24969 (1 mg/kg, IP; P < 0.05) and (±) pindolol (32 mg/kg, IP; P < 0.05) in the forced swimming test, as did ondansetron (0.00001 mg/kg, IP). Significant additive effects were induced when
RU 24969 (1 mg/kg, IP) was tested in combination with NAN 190 (0.5 mg/kg, IP; P < 0.05), (±) pindolol (32 mg/kg, IP; P < 0.05) and ondansetron (0.0000 mg/kg, IP; P < 0.05). 8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin (8-OH-DPAT) (1 mg/kg, IP) or ketanserin (8 mg/kg, IP) did not induce significant antidepressant-like
effects with any of the agonists/antagonists tested. The results of the present study suggest that pindolol is acting at presynaptic
5-HT1B serotonergic receptors, in addition to the 5-HT1A subtype, in augmenting the activity of antidepressants in the mouse forced swimming test.
Received: 18 March 1997/Final version: 17 September 1997 相似文献
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Rationale: Although all of the benzodiazepines in use for the treatment of anxiety are presumably full agonists, it is conceivable that
partial benzodiazepine agonists may also be clinically effective on the basis of their effects in preclinical models of anxiety. Objectives: To compare the anxiolytic-like effects of different pharmacological/chemical classes of partial benzodiazepine agonists in
the pigeon conflict procedure. Methods: Anticonflict effects in pigeons whose responding was maintained under a multiple FR30 food:FR30 food+shock schedule were
characterized by 1) the magnitude of punished responding or 2) the percentage of pigeons (n=5–7/dose) showing significant increases in punished responding. Results: The partial allosteric modulators bretazenil and imidazenil produced anticonflict effects comparable with or superior to
those observed following administration of the relatively full agonist midazolam. In contrast, neither the β-carbolines CGS
9896, ZK 95962 and ZK 91296, nor the imidazopyridines, alpidem and zolpidem, produced anticonflict effects comparable to either
bretazenil and imidazenil or the relatively full benzodiazepine agonist, midazolam, at the doses examined in this study. Conclusions: Although the β-carboline ZK 95962 produced some anticonflict effects, none of the other compounds had anxiolytic-like effects
like those observed with midazolam, bretazenil or imidazenil. However, because bretazenil and imidazenil produced robust anticonflict
activity, the results indicate that partial allosteric modulators could have anxiolytic effects similar to those produced
by higher efficacy compounds. Altogether, the results indicate that partial benzodiazepine agonists differ in their ability
to produce robust anticonflict effects in the pigeon.
Received: 30 November 1998 / Final version: 5 February 1999 相似文献
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This study examined the effect of the benzodiazepine, midazolam, on the consumption and palatability of 6% ethanol in male
Wistar rats. In the first experiment, it was found that midazolam (5 mg/kg) increased home cage ethanol drinking 0–2 h after
administration. Another intake experiment, in which ethanol was infused directly into the oral cavity through an indwelling
catheter, also showed that midazolam (10 mg/kg) stimulated alcohol ingestion. The affective response to intraoral infusions
of ethanol (1 ml during 1 min) was subsequently monitored in benzodiazepine-treated rats. Taste reactivity testing showed
that midazolam (5–10 mg/kg) significantly increased the occurrence of hedonic orofacial responses and suppressed the number
of passive drippings. A similar response pattern was observed following administration of diazepam (5 mg/kg) and chlordiazepoxide
(10 mg/kg), but not after exposure to cis(Z)flupentixol (10 mg/kg). Midazolam also increased the incidence of hedonic responses in alcohol-naive rats with no previous
access to ethanol in the home cages. Hedonic responsiveness did not appear to diminish with repeated benzodiazepine exposure:
the behaviour of rats given five midazolam injections (10 mg/kg every second day) was similar to that shown by rats with no
benzodiazepine pre-exposure. The increased hedonic response to ethanol induced by midazolam was blocked by pretreatment with
the benzodiazepine receptor antagonist flumazenil (10 mg/kg), the latter drug exerting no effects on its own. The present
results suggest that benzodiazepines, by acting on GABAA receptors, may facilitate ethanol intake by increasing ethanol’s taste hedonic properties.
Received: 22 April 1997/Final version: 14 October 1997 相似文献
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J. Evenden 《Psychopharmacology》1999,143(2):111-122
Impulsivity is widely considered to be multifactorial. One factor, frequently termed “reflection-impulsivity”, refers to
the need to give time to information analysis and reflection before making a response. In most reaction time tasks employed
for non-human subjects, responding is expected immediately after a specific stimulus has been presented. In the present experiment,
the need to wait before responding was made explicit by using a signal which increased in predictive value the longer the
subject (a rat) waited before responding. First, the rats learned that a light signal indicated the availability of a food
reinforcer if one of two levers was pressed. In the test procedure, on each trial, when the light was turned on it was only
50% likely to indicate the “correct” lever. After a brief interval it was turned off and on again, this time with a slightly
higher probability (>50%) of indicating the correct lever. Over a period of a few seconds the probability that the light indicated
the correct lever increased to almost 100%. Thus a quick response to the light would result in many errors, whereas a slow
response could always result in food delivery. Once trained the rats were treated with a series of drugs: haloperidol (0.01–0.1 mg/kg),
chlordiazepoxide (1–10 mg/kg), ethanol (100–1000 mg/kg), d-amphetamine (0.4–1.2 mg/kg), metergoline (0.3–3.0 mg/kg), imipramine, desipramine and clomipramine (all 1, 3 and 10 mg/kg),
as well as being given additional food just prior to testing. Ethanol and clomipramine had no effects on behaviour in the
dose range tested. Amphetamine did not affect accuracy and had no effect on reaction time. The other drugs all reduced the
number of short reaction times and thereby increased overall accuracy. Additional feeding, chlordiazepoxide and haloperidol
also increased selectively the accuracy of responses made with short reaction times. These results can be interpreted by supposing
that desipramine and imipramine specifically reduced impulsivity whereas additional feeding, chlordiazepoxide, haloperidol
increased the response criterion. The pharmacological specificity of the tricyclics suggests that stimulation principally
of the noradrenergic system (via desipramine), but not necessarily the serotonergic (clomipramine) or dopaminergic (amphetamine)
improves performance in this procedure.
Received: 29 November 1997/Final version: 20 October 1998 相似文献
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M. J. Kaufman Jonathan M. Levin Luis C. Maas Stephanie L. Rose Scott E. Lukas Jack H. Mendelson Bruce M. Cohen Perry F. Renshaw 《Psychopharmacology》1998,138(1):76-81
Cocaine has substantial effects on cerebral hemodynamics which may partly underlie both its euphorigenic and toxic effects.
Dynamic susceptibility contrast magnetic resonance imaging (DSC–MRI) was used to determine whether a dose-effect relationship
could be detected between cocaine administration and cerebral blood volume reduction in human brain. Twenty-three healthy
and neurologically normal adult males with a history of recreational cocaine use (3–40 lifetime exposures) participated. Subjects
underwent DSC-MRI measurements of relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) at baseline and 10min after IV double-blind placebo
or cocaine (0.2 or 0.4 mg/kg) administration. Placebo administration resulted in superimposable rCBV curves with post-placebo
CBV averaging 104 ± 4% (mean ± SE) of baseline, indicating no CBV change. Both cocaine doses induced CBV decreases which were
statistically equivalent and post-cocaine CBV averaged 77 ± 4% of baseline (P < 0.002), when measured 10 min following drug administration. These data suggest that DSC-MRI can detect cocaine-induced
CBV reductions indicative of vasoconstriction, and that it may be useful for evaluating treatments designed to reduce the
cerebrovascular effects of cocaine.
Received: 25 September 1997 / Final version: 30 December 1997 相似文献
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Rationale Psychostimulant drugs exert their behavioral effects primarily through enhancement of monoaminergic neurotransmission. Augmented
dopamine activity is thought to play a critical role in the psychomotor stimulant effects of amphetamine and cocaine, as well
as in the development of long-term behavioral sensitization evoked by repeated exposure to amphetamine. However, despite the
fact that brain dopamine and noradrenaline systems are closely interconnected, the extent to which noradrenergic transmission
contributes to these behavioral effects of psychostimulants is a relatively unexplored issue.
Objectives By inhibiting noradrenergic neurotransmission with the α2-adrenoceptor agonist clonidine, the α1-antagonist prazosin and the β-antagonist propranolol, we investigated the involvement of noradrenaline neurotransmission
in the psychomotor stimulant and long-term sensitizing effects of d-amphetamine and cocaine in rats.
Methods Clonidine (0.003–0.1 mg/kg), prazosin (0.1–3.0 mg/kg) and propranolol (1.0–3.0 mg/kg) were administered prior to d-amphetamine (1.0 mg/kg), cocaine (15 mg/kg) or apomorphine (1.0 mg/kg) and psychomotor activity was measured. In separate
studies, clonidine (0.03 mg/kg), prazosin (1.0 mg/kg) or propranolol (3.0 mg/kg) were co-administered with d-amphetamine (2.5 mg/kg) or cocaine (30 mg/kg) for 5 days, and locomotor sensitization was assessed 3 weeks post-treatment.
Results The psychomotor stimulant effect of d-amphetamine, but not that of cocaine or apomorphine, was dose-dependently inhibited by clonidine and prazosin, and enhanced
by propranolol. Clonidine, prazosin, and propranolol did not influence the induction of sensitization by amphetamine or cocaine.
Conclusions Enhancement of synaptic noradrenaline concentrations contributes to the psychomotor stimulant effect of d-amphetamine, but not cocaine or apomorphine. In addition, noradrenergic neurotransmission is not critically involved in the
induction of psychostimulant sensitization. 相似文献
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A comparison of bd and tid dose regimens of quetiapine (Seroquel) in the treatment of schizophrenia 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Quetiapine (Seroquel, ICI 204,636) is an atypical antipsychotic that is effective in the treatment of both positive and negative
symptoms of schizophrenia, and has a low propensity to cause extrapyramidal symptoms. The compound has a relatively short
plasma elimination half-life (approximately 7 h). However, since dopamine D2 receptor occupancies correlate poorly with plasma concentrations of antipsychotics, plasma elimination half-life may not
predict either duration of clinical effect or dosing frequency. Accordingly, the efficacy and tolerability of three dosing
regimens (450 mg/day given in two or three divided doses daily, and 50 mg/day given twice daily) were compared in a 6-week,
double-blind, randomized, multicentre, parallel-group study. The study recruited hospitalized men and women aged 18–65 years
meeting DSM-IIIR criteria for acute exacerbation of chronic or subchronic schizophrenia. Six hundred and eighteen patients
were randomly assigned to treatment with quetiapine 150 mg tid (n = 209), 225 mg bd (n = 200), or a comparator dose of 25 mg bd (n = 209). At day 42, the last day of randomized treatment and the primary timepoint for efficacy, quetiapine 450 mg/day was
more effective than 50 mg/day: 225 mg bd was consistently superior to 25 mg bd in all measures of efficacy (total BPRS, P = 0.006; CGI severity, CGI improvement and SANS, P < 0.03), and 150 mg tid was statistically significantly superior to 25 mg bd with respect to BPRS total score (P = 0.05). The 225 mg bd and 150 mg tid groups were not significantly different from each other with respect to any efficacy
measure. Quetiapine was generally well tolerated. Extrapyramidal symptom (EPS) adverse events were generally rare, and occurred
with similar frequencies in the two 450 mg/day groups. Quetiapine was not associated with sustained increases in plasma prolactin
at any dose. These data support the atypical profile developed from preclinical studies and show that quetiapine is an effective,
well tolerated antipsychotic that can be given twice daily.
Received: 16 May 1997/Final version: 13 October 1997 相似文献
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The primary objective of this study was to determine whether the development of behavioral sensitization to the putative
dopamine D3 receptor agonist 7-OH-DPAT could be prevented by either selective D1-type or D2-type dopamine receptor antagonists. In three experiments, male Wistar rats (250–350 g) were given seven to nine injections
(at 48-h intervals) of 7-OH-DPAT (1.0 mg/kg, SC) or vehicle in combination with the D2-type dopamine antagonist eticlopride (0.3 mg/kg, SC), the D1-type dopamine antagonist SCH 23390 (0.1 or 0.2 mg/kg, SC), or vehicle. After the injections, the rats were tested for locomotor
activity in photocell arenas for 2 h. In the first two experiments, after seven injections, all rats were tested for activity
following vehicle injections to test for possible conditioning effects. In each experiment, after the last pre-exposure session,
all rats were given a challenge injection of 7-OH-DPAT (1.0 mg/kg, SC) and tested for activity. Major findings were as follows:
a) 7-OH-DPAT treatments produced a progressively greater increase in locomotor activity with repeated treatment; b) concurrent
treatment with eticlopride or SCH 23390 (0.1 and 0.2 mg/kg) blocked the acute locomotor-activating effects of 7-OH-DPAT across
days; c) eticlopride, but not SCH 23390, completely blocked the development of behavioral sensitization to 7-OH-DPAT. Although
the low dose of SCH 23390 (0.1 mg/kg) produced a partial attenuation of sensitization, the higher dose (0.2 mg/kg) of SCH
23390 appeared to augment, rather than block, sensitization to 7-OH-DPAT; d) rats previously treated with SCH 23390 (0.2 mg/kg,
but not 0.1 mg/kg) without 7-OH-DPAT displayed a hyperactive response to the 7-OH-DPAT challenge injection; and e) after vehicle
injections, rats previously given 7-OH-DPAT, SCH 23390, or eticlopride either alone or in combination were more active than
vehicle control rats. These findings suggest that the neurochemical mechanisms mediating the development of behavioral sensitization
to 7-OH-DPAT may differ from those of other dopamine D2-type agonists such as quinpirole or bromocriptine. Moreover, these results demonstrate that hyperactivity responses following
vehicle injections in drug-pretreated animals do not necessarily reflect conditioning mechanisms.
Received: 28 May 1997/Final version: 2 April 1998 相似文献
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The activity of anxiolytic and other drugs in a light-dark test situation was studied in rats treated with the anxiogenic
compound m-chlorophenyl-piperazine (mCPP). mCPP 0.5 mg/kg significantly diminished the exploratory activity of the animals in the light
compartment of the apparatus. Drugs to be tested against mCPP-induced anxiety when studied alone (not in combination with
mCPP) did not significantly alter the activity of rats in the light-dark apparatus, except yohimbine, which reduced the movement
time values in the lit area. 1,4-Benzodiazepines [diazepam (0.1–4 mg/kg) and chlordiazepoxide (2–8 mg/kg)], 5-HT2A/2C antagonists [ritanserin (0.25–8 mg/kg) and deramciclane (0.5–8 g/kg)], the 5-HT3 antagonist MDL-72222 (3 mg/kg) and ethanol (2–4 mg/kg) significantly reduced the effect of mCPP. A dose-dependent increase
in the exploratory activity of mCPP-treated animals was found in the 2,3-benzodiazepine girisopam (2.5–5 mg/kg)-treated groups.
Tofisopam, another 2,3-benzodiazepine molecule, also showed activity against mCPP, although its effect was not statistically
significant. The 5-HT1A partial agonist buspirone was also active in the dose range of 0.25–0.5 mg/kg, while the 5-HT1A full agonist 8-OH-DPAT was the only drug with presumed anxiolytic activity that clearly lacked any effect in this model.
Imipramine, amitriptyline, morphine, naloxone, haloperidol, clozapine, amphetamine, yohimbine, carbamazepine and diphenylhydantoin
were not effective. We conclude that mCPP-induced anxiety in the light-dark box is a potent and useful method for screening
and detecting anxiolytic activity of a wide range of compounds with various modes of action.
Received: 2 September 1997 / Final version: 18 September 1997 相似文献
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There is evidence that dopamine transmission is involved in reinforcement processes and the present study investigated the
relative involvement of D3 versus D2 dopamine receptors in the effects of dopamine ligands on the reinforcing action of ethanol. Rats were trained to self-administer
ethanol (10% v/v) orally in a free-choice two-lever operant task using a saccharin-fading procedure. When preference in responding
for ethanol over water had developed the rats were tested with several dopamine agonists and antagonists. Pretreatment with
the non-selective dopamine agonist, apomorphine (0.01–0.1 mg/kg), the preferential D2 agonist, bromocriptine (1–10 mg/kg) and the selective D3 agonists, 7-OH-DPAT (0.003–0.1 mg/kg), PD 128907 (0.1–3 mg/kg), (+)3PPP (0.3–3 mg/kg), quinelorane (0.0001–0.003 mg/kg) and
quinpirole (0.003–0.03 mg/kg), resulted in dose-dependent decreases in responding for ethanol. The relative potencies of the
dopamine agonists to decrease ethanol self-administration were highly correlated with their published potencies to produce
in vitro functional D3 but not D2 responses. Active doses could be considered as those selectively stimulating receptors involved in the control of dopamine
release, suggesting that reduction of dopamine transmission was associated with a decrease in ethanol-reinforced responding.
This conclusion was further supported by the finding that pretreatment with the D2/D3 dopamine antagonists, haloperidol (0.1–0.4 mg/kg) and tiapride (10–60 mg/ kg), decreased responding for ethanol at doses
which have been shown previously to block dopamine transmission.
Received: 25 January 1998/Final version: 24 April 1998 相似文献
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Fumikazu Yokoyama Miki Yamauchi Masayo Oyama Kunihiro Okuma Kaname Onozawa Takako Nagayama Rie Shinei Makoto Ishikawa Yasuo Sato Nobukazu Kakui 《Psychopharmacology》2009,205(2):177-187
Rationale Histamine H3 receptor functions as a presynaptic auto- and hetero-receptor on histaminergic and non-histaminergic neurons
in the brain regulating the synaptic release of numerous neurotransmitters. Therefore, the ligands for this receptor have
been proposed to be of therapeutic interest for the treatment of various neuropsychiatric disorders. At present, however,
the psychopharmacological profiles of H3 ligands, particularly H3 agonists, have not been extensively studied.
Objective The present study investigated the anxiolytic-like profiles of H3-selective agonists in a variety of classical (benzodiazepine-sensitive)
and atypical (antidepressant-effective) animal models of anxiety. Comparator drugs used were diazepam and both fluvoxamine
and desipramine in the former and latter models, respectively.
Results H3 agonist R-α-methylhistamine and immepip were inactive in rat elevated plus maze test and Vogel type conflict test where diazepam (5 mg/kg)
produced significant anxiolytic-like effects. Meanwhile, these H3 agonists (10–30 mg/kg) significantly reduced isolation-induced
vocalizations in guinea pig pups and isolation-induced aggressive behavior in mouse resident–intruder test. Moreover, in rat
conditioned fear stress test, R-α-methylhistamine (30 mg/kg) and immepip (10 mg/kg) significantly decreased freezing time, which were completely reversed
by concomitant treatment with H3 antagonist, thioperamide (10 mg/kg). In contrast to the limited efficacy obtained with desipramine
(30 mg/kg), fluvoxamine (20–60 mg/kg) exhibited anxiolytic-like effects in all the latter three atypical models.
Conclusions These data suggest that the H3 agonists may have anxiolytic-like effects similar to those of selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors but not benzodiazepine anxiolytics and represent a novel strategy for the treatment of some anxiety disorders in
which selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are prescribed. 相似文献
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Methcathinone (“CAT”) is a CNS stimulant that is a very significant drug of abuse in the former Soviet Union. It has also
appeared on the clandestine market in the United States and has been recently classified as a Schedule I substance. In the
present study, S(−)-methcathinone [S(−)-CAT, 0.50 mg/kg, IP] was employed as the training drug in a two-lever drug discrimination task in rats. Once established,
the S(−)-CAT stimulus was shown to have a rapid onset to action (within 5 min) and a duration of effect of approximately 60–90 min.
In tests of stimulus generalization (substitution), the S(−)-CAT (ED50 = 0.11 mg/kg) stimulus generalized to S(+)-methamphetamine (ED50 = 0.17 mg/kg), S(−)-cathinone (ED50 = 0.19 mg/kg), S(+)-amphetamine (ED50 = 0.23 mg/kg), aminorex (ED50 = 0.27 mg/kg), (±)-CAT (ED50 = 0.25 mg/kg), (±)-cathinone (ED50 = 0.41 mg/kg), R(+)-CAT (ED50 = 0.43 mg/kg), cis-4-methylaminorex (ED50 = 0.49 mg/kg), methylphenidate (ED50 = 0.83 mg/kg), and cocaine (ED50 = 1.47 mg/kg). S(−)-CAT-stimulus generalization did not occur to fenfluramine, a structurally related nonstimulant anorectic. Lastly, haloperidol
(AD50 = 0.18 mg/kg), a dopamine receptor antagonist, potently antagonized the S(−)-CAT stimulus. It is concluded that S(−)-methcathinone is a very potent CNS stimulant, which appears to produce its stimulus effect, at least in part, via a dopaminergic
mechanism.
Received: 4 August 1997/Final version: 27 March 1998 相似文献