Tolerance to the ataxic effects of diazepam in guinea pig is not associated with a reduced sensitivity of GABAA receptors in the vestibular nucleus.

Abstract:

:Some studies have suggested that drug tolerance observed following repeated benzodiazepine exposure may be associated with the development of a subsensitivity to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in dorsal raphe and hippocampal neurons. In other areas such as the substantia nigra such subsensitivity has not been found. The aim of the present study was to determine whether tolerance develops to the ataxic effects of diazepam on the righting reflex following low (i.e. 2 mg/kg i.p.), multiple daily doses and, if so, whether it is correlated with the development of a subsensitivity of medial vestibular nucleus neurons to the selective GABAA receptor agonist, isoguvacine. Guinea pigs which received i.p. vehicle injections three times daily for 5 days, or single daily doses of 2 or 6 mg/kg diazepam, showed increased righting reflex latencies in response to a 6 mg/kg diazepam challenge dose. However, guinea pigs which received 2 mg/kg diazepam i.p., three times daily for 5 days, exhibited minimal or no ataxia when given the same diazepam challenge dose, indicating the development of tolerance. Brain stem slices including the medial vestibular nucleus were removed from guinea pigs which had received the same diazepam and vehicle three times daily injection schedules, and recordings were made from single neurons during superfusion of isoguvacine. Although medial vestibular nucleus neurons from animals which received chronic diazepam administration showed smaller decreases in firing rate in response to 10(-8) M isoguvacine, the difference was not statistically significant compared to neurons from animals which received vehicle treatment or acute diazepam treatment. Resting activity was also similar between the diazepam and vehicle groups, in contrast to a previous study which had shown hyperexcitability in medial vestibular nucleus cells from animals which had received single daily injections for up to 60 days. These results suggest that, in contrast to studies which have employed single daily doses, tolerance to the ataxic effects of diazepam on the righting reflex occurs rapidly with divided daily doses. However, this tolerance is not correlated with significant changes in the sensitivity of GABAA receptors on medial vestibular nucleus neurons.

journal_name

Eur J Pharmacol

authors

Hutchinson MA,Smith PF,Darlington CL

doi

10.1016/0014-2999(96)00053-2

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-04-22 00:00:00

pages

83-90

issue

1-3

eissn

0014-2999

issn

1879-0712

pii

0014-2999(96)00053-2

journal_volume

301

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