Baclofen reduces binge eating in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study.

abstract：:Dendrosomal nanocurcumin (DNC) is fabricated from esterification of oleic acid and polyethylene glycol residues with curcumin. DNC has shown antioxidant, neuroprotective, and neurogenesis-enhancing effects. In addition, it can attenuate morphine tolerance. Morphine self-administration is associated with neurodegenerat...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Noroozi J,Hassanpour-Ezatti M,Alaei HA

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist dizocilpine (MK-801) (0.08 and 0.12 mg/kg, i.p.) was used to examine whether spatial memory is learned state-dependently. Rats pre-treated with drug or saline were trained for 9 days in an eight-arm radial maze, in which four arms were baited. On the ...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Kretschmer BD,Fink S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroinflammation and β-amyloid (Aβ) deposition in the brain are well known characteristics of neurodegeneration. Diabetes and hypercholesterolemia are the main risk factors leading to memory loss and cognitive impairment. Recently, it was found that statins and thiazolidinediones have promising anti-inflammatory and ...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Ekladious ST,El Sayed NS

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that, in animals trained to discriminate ethanol, stimulus control generalized to the non-competitive NMDA antagonists phencyclidine, ketamine and dizocilpine. In the present study, rats were trained to discriminate a dose of ethanol (1g/kg, i.p.) and substitution tests were carried out with phenc...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Sanger DJ

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were trained on a three-panel runway task prior to injections of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA; 40nmoles/µl/side) into the dorsal hippocampus. One week after the treatment, animals did not show any change in the number of errors on the first runway trial (reference memory), with one correct white and two incorrect b...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Sugimachi K,Izawa K,Nakamura K,Kimura-Iwasaki K,Yamaguchi M,Nakagawa H,Oshino N

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the role of genetic factors in the response to drugs of abuse has been emphasized, no earlier studies have applied selective breeding to intravenous drug self-administration. Here we report the effects of six generations of selective breeding for rat lines with low or high levels of intravenous drug self-admi...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： He S,Yang Y,Mathur D,Grasing K

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensorimotor gating disruptions are seen in various psychiatric illnesses with putatively different pathologies, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Interestingly, mice lacking the dopamine (DA) transporter (DAT) gene display markedly increased levels of DA, deficits in sensorimotor gating, and hyperactivity...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Powell SB,Young JW,Ong JC,Caron MG,Geyer MA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smokers often report that the first cigarette of the day is the most rewarding, and subsequent smoking is less rewarding. Reduction in smoking enjoyment later in the day may be related to acute tolerance to the discriminative stimulus effects of nicotine. We examined changes in nicotine discrimination behaviour in hum...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Perkins KA,Fonte C,Meeker J,White W,Wilson A

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drugs that increase monoamine neurotransmission are effective in both anxiety and depression. The therapeutic effects of monoamine-based antidepressant drugs may involve indirect effects on neurotransmission through α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid glutamate receptors (AMPAR). Thus, chronic antidep...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Fitzpatrick CM,Larsen M,Madsen LH,Caballero-Puntiverio M,Pickering DS,Clausen RP,Andreasen JT

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have observed that, after myocardial infarction (MI), rats display apoptosis in the limbic system that can be prevented by pentoxifylline (PTX), a proinflammatory cytokine inhibitor. We have hypothesized that reduction of apoptosis in the limbic system can attenuate the depressive behaviour occurring post-MI. The p...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Bah TM,Kaloustian S,Rousseau G,Godbout R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty male Wistar rats were trained under an alternating-lever cyclic-ratio (ALCR) schedule of food reinforcement. When responding showed no trends, each subject was subcutaneously implanted with an Alzet osmotic mini-pump, connected to a chronic indwelling cannula extending into the lateral ventricle of the brain. T...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Richardson RL,Kim EM,Gardiner T,O'Hare E

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study from this laboratory reported an antiaversive effect of the beta-adrenoceptor blocker propranolol microinjected into the dorsal periaqueductal grey (DPAG) of the rat, that was antagonized by the 5-HT(2) receptor blocker ritanserin. The present results show that microinjection into the DPAG of isamolta...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Nogueira RL,Graeff FG

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present experiment was to assess the degree of tolerance and cross-tolerance to the response rate-decreasing effects of opioids with different degrees of intrinsic efficacy at the mu receptor. The mu opioids included buprenorphine, etorphine, l-methadone, morphine, and sufentanil. Lever pressing of ...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Hughes CE,Picker MJ,Dykstra LA

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much evidence has shown that the inferior colliculus may be part of a brain system commanding defensive behavior. In the present work, evidence is presented for the serotonergic modulation of the neural substrate of aversive states elaborated in this structure. Rats implanted with a cannula in the inferior colliculus ...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Melo LL,Brando ML

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed whether access to a sweet solution in the home cage could change sensitivity to cocaine, using a drug discrimination procedure. Rats were trained to discriminate 10 mg/kg cocaine from saline. After acquisition, rats were tested with a cumulative dose-response procedure (0-18 mg/kg) for 12 consecuti...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Kohut SJ,Riley AL

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to compare the reinforcing efficacy of PCP (phencyclidine:phenylcyclohexyl-piperidine) and the PCP-derivatives BTCP (N-[1-(2-benzo(b)thiophenyl) cyclohexyl]piperidine) and TCP (N-[1-(2-thienyl)cyclohexyl]-piperidine) to that of cocaine, using a progressive ratio schedule of reinforcement (PR). ...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： French ED,Lopez M,Peper S,Kamenka JM,Roberts DC

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitization induced by repeated drug exposure has been proposed to increase 'wanting' the drug and to facilitate the transition from moderate to excessive drug intake. The present study examined the effects of cocaine-induced sensitization on ethanol-drinking behavior in male and female rats from different strains. ...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Cailhol S,Mormède P

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Memantine (1-amino-3,5-dimethyl-adamantane) is the only clinically used NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) glutamate receptor antagonist. The present experiments were carried out to compare the dose-response for memantine's predictive therapeutic and side-effects in a variety of tests in C57BL/6J/Han mice, and to elucidate i...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Kos T,Popik P

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Does the effect of amphetamine on behavior (wheel running) differ depending on the functional role (operant, reinforcement) of that behavior? This study addressed this question using a multiple schedule of reinforcement in which wheel running served as reinforcement for lever pressing in one component and as operant b...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Belke TW,Pierce WD,Sexton CA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the comparative value of cigarettes versus high dose e-cigarettes among nicotine-dependent cigarette smokers when compared with money or use of their usual cigarette brand. The experiment used a within-subject design with four sessions. After baseline assessment, partic...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： McPherson S,Howell D,Lewis J,Barbosa-Leiker C,Bertotti Metoyer P,Roll J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This experiment reports on the ability of rimonabant to alter the reinforcing properties of food in the genetically obese Zucker (fa/fa) rat, a strain that exhibits higher levels of endocannabinoids in brain regions that correspond to heightened food intake. We characterized food reinforcement in obese and lean Zucker...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Rasmussen EB,Huskinson SL

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here that local hippocampal WIN-55,212-2 implants release this cannabinoid agonist for extended periods, the release is restricted to the implanted brain region and is behaviorally active. Radiolabeled WIN-55,212-2 was implanted bilaterally into the CA3 region of the dorsal hippocampus by means of fused sili...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Barna I,Soproni K,Arszovszki A,Csabai K,Haller J

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eating a diet high in fat can lead to negative health consequences, including obesity and insulin resistance. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (such as those found in fish oil) prevent high fat diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance in rats. Eating a high fat diet also enhances sensitivity of rats to the behav...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Hernandez-Casner C,Ramos J,Serafine KM

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present experiments was to develop and validate pharmacologically an automated, relatively rapid, and reproducible behavioral model of learning and memory using an autoshaping procedure in mice. Nose-poke responses into a recessed area were differentiated by response-dependent reinforcement during t...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Vanover KE,Barrett JE

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pineal melatonin secretion occurs at night in all vertebrates and the duration of its secretion is negatively correlated with day length. As short-day exposure was previously shown to decrease emotional behaviour of mice toward an unfamiliar environment, the present study was designed to determine whether such behavio...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Kopp C,Vogel E,Rettori MC,Delagrange P,Renard P,Lesieur D,Misslin R

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dopamine agonist apomorphine (apo) elicits stereotyped pecking bouts in pigeons, a response which increases with successive apo injections. The present study sought, first, to confirm the hypothesis that this sensitization arises through a Pavlovian conditioning driven by both external and internal cues; and, seco...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Acerbo MJ,Godoy AM,Delius JD

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appetitive behaviours occur in a state of behavioural and physiological activation that allows the optimal performance of these goal-directed behaviours. Here, we tested the hypothesis that histamine neurons under the command of the infralimbic cortex are important to provide behavioural activation. Extracellular hist...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Riveros ME,Forray MI,Torrealba F

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal models of nicotine dependence are fundamental experimental tools for the understanding of the neurobiological and molecular processes underlying smoking behaviour. Substance use is controlled by four main processes: positive reinforcing effects, aversive effects, discriminative effects and stimulus-conditioned ...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Merlo Pich E,Chiamulera C,Carboni L

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term treatment of rats with the D2/D3 dopamine agonist quinpirole induces compulsive checking (proposed as animal model of obsessive-compulsive disorder) and locomotor sensitization. The mechanisms by which long-term use of quinpirole produces those behavioral transformations are not known. Here we examined wheth...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Jung TD,Jung PS,Raveendran L,Farbod Y,Dvorkin-Gheva A,Sakic B,Surette MG,Szechtman H

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scopolamine has been used in neuropsychopharmacology as a standard drug that leads to symptoms mimicking cognitive deficits seen during the aging process in healthy humans and animals. Scopolamine is known to be a nonselective muscarinic receptor blocker, but its chronic effect on the expression of certain hippocampal...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Doguc DK,Delibas N,Vural H,Altuntas I,Sutcu R,Sonmez Y

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00