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Effects of Ethanol, Chlordiazepoxide, and MK-801 on Performance in the Elevated-Plus Maze and on Locomotor Activity
Authors:Hugh E. Criswell  Darin J. Knapp  David H. Overstreet  George R. Breese
Affiliation:Brain and Development Research Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.;The Skipper Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Abstract:The effects of ethanol, chlordiazepoxide, and MK-801 on performance in the elevated-plus maze and on activity measured in a circular activity monitor were compared in Sprague-Dawley rats to determine whether these effects of ethanol could be explained by its action on either GABAA or NMDA receptors. Both ethanol and chlordiarepoxide produced an increase in the time spent in the open arms of the elevated-plus maze and in the ratio of open arm to total arm entries, indicative of an anxiolytic action of these drugs. MK-801 did not alter either the time spent in the open arms or the ratio of open to total arm entries. Chlordiazepoxide and MK-801 produced an increase in total arm entries that suggested that these compounds were increasing locomotor activity. Ethanol also increased total arm entries, but the effect was not statistically reliable. Following habituation to an activity monitor, neither ethanol nor chlordiazepoxide increased activity in this task, whereas MK-801 produced a robust increase in locomotion. Additionally, neither ethanol nor chlordiazepoxide blocked the MK-801-induced locomotor stimulation. The latter finding suggests that the effects of ethanol on GABAA receptors was not Mocking an increased activity level produced by its antagonism of NMDA. Additionally, these results indicate that the anxiolytic and locomotor action of ethanol in rats parallel the effects of a benzodiazepine and not those of an NMDA antagonist. Finally, these results suggest that the consequence of ethanol's antagonism of NMDA receptor function is more restricted than that produced by MK-801.
Keywords:Ethanol    Chlordiazepoxide    MK-801    Locomotor    Anxiolytic
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