In-vivo pharmacological evaluation of the CB1-receptor allosteric modulator Org-27569.

abstract：:The aim of this study was twofold: (1) to study the predictive validity of the drug-naive, bilaterally MPTP-treated monkey as an animal model of Parkinson's disease (PD), and (2) to investigate the therapeutic and undesired effects of the D1 agonist SKF 82958 as compared to L-DOPA treatment, in drug-naive and L-DOPA p...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Andringa G,Lubbers L,Drukarch B,Stoof JC,Cools AR

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of topiramate, a potential treatment for drug dependence, were evaluated in two groups of rats trained to discriminate the administration of either 0.4 mg/kg nicotine or 10 mg/kg cocaine from that of saline, under a fixed-ratio 10 schedule of food delivery. Topiramate (1-60 mg/kg, intraperitoneal) did not ...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Le Foll B,Justinova Z,Wertheim CE,Barnes C,Goldberg SR

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intact and gonadectomized male and female rats pressed a lever to obtain food on different fixed-ratio (FR) schedules in a three-component multiple schedule. The values of a small, intermediate and large FR schedule were individually determined and were higher for intact male rats than for most subjects in the other g...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： van Haaren F,Anderson KG

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The behavioural effects of six compounds with N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist properties were compared on the responding of rats maintained by a differential reinforcement of low rate 15s (DRL-15s) schedule. This schedule requires that responses be temporally spaced in order to be reinforced (timing behaviour)....

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Sanger DJ

更新日期：1992-12-01 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：:Clinical reports and animal experiments indicate that both cocaine administration and cocaine withdrawal increase anxiety. We investigated the ability of a number of putative anxiolytic agents to alleviate these anxiety states using the elevated plus-maze. Rats in the cocaine condition received either saline or cocain...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Paine TA,Jackman SL,Olmstead MC

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cannabinoid receptor agonist Δ(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) enhances the antinociceptive effects of µ-opioid receptor agonists, raising the possibility of using a combination of THC and opioids for treating pain. This study examined the effects of noncontingent and contingent administration of THC on intravenous ...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Li JX,Koek W,France CP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of the current availability of several pharmacological therapies for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, side effects are invariably manifested during long-term treatment. Dyskinesia, wearing-off and on-off are among the most disabling side effects produced by the dopamine precursor L-dihydroxyphenylalanine...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Carta AR,Pinna A,Morelli M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we focused on γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) signaling through the γ-aminobutyric acid transporter (GAT) in the developing rat cerebral cortex. Tiagabine was used as a GAT inhibitor. The offspring received injections from birth until postnatal day 21 intraperitoneally. Physical development and neurol...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Shahrokhi A,Hassanzadeh G,Vousooghi N,Joghataei MT,Eftekhari S,Zarrindast MR

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last 15 years, genetically modified mice have added important data to our knowledge on psychiatric diseases including anxiety. This has produced many behavioural publications, partially by non-behaviourists, in which differences between mutants and normal wild-type animals were described. The popularity of th...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Bouwknecht JA,Paylor R

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral sensitization in mammals, including humans, is sensitive to factors such as administration route, testing environment, and pharmacokinetic confounds, unrelated to the drugs themselves that are difficult to eliminate. Simpler animals less susceptible to these confounding influences may be advantageous substi...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Rawls SM,Patil T,Yuvasheva E,Raffa RB

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：:Adolescence is one of the most important periods of brain development in mammals. There is increasing evidence that some medicines during this period can affect brain and behavioral functions in adulthood. Silymarin (SM), a mixture of flavonolignans extracted from the milk thistle Silybum marianum, is known as a hepat...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Kosari-Nasab M,Rabiei A,Doosti MH,Salari AA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity and cigarette smoking are often cited separately as the top two preventable causes of death in the United States; however, little research has explored the factors associated with being both obese and a smoker. Delay discounting is a behavioral characteristic that may underlie both of these conditions/behavior...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Fields SA,Sabet M,Peal A,Reynolds B

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methoxetamine (MXE) is a chemical analogue of ketamine. Originally proposed as a ketamine-like fast-acting antidepressant, owing to similar N-methyl-D-aspartate blocker properties, it is now scheduled for reports of hallucinations and psychosis similar to ketamine and lysergic acid. As little is known about the addict...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Chiamulera C,Armani F,Mutti A,Fattore L

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind crossover design on 36 male smokers, differences in hormone responses to a serotonergic (citalopram) and dopaminergic (bromocriptine) challenge were tested, to compare transmitter responsivities in addicted and pleasure-motivated smokers with respective controls. A general score of smoking addiction,...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Netter P,Toll C,Lujic C,Reuter M,Hennig J

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This series of studies provides a behavioural account of dopamine D1-receptor-dependent facilitation and disruption of memory for the single-trial passive avoidance task in the day-old chick. The D1 antagonist, SCH23390, induced memory disruption in a dose-dependent manner from 60 min after training with a strong (100...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Hale MW,Crowe SF

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult male Wistar rats were bilaterally implanted with indwelling cannulae in the CA1 region of the dorsal hippocampus. Once recovered from surgery, animals were submitted to one session of step-down inhibitory avoidance training (3.0 s, 0.4 mA footshock). Animals received a 0.5-microl infusion of saline, or of LY2940...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Barros DM,Mello e Souza T,de Souza MM,Choi H,DeDavid e Silva T,Lenz G,Medina JH,Izquierdo I

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is high comorbidity between depression and addiction. Features of addiction relevant to depression have been studied extensively, but less is known about features of depression relevant to addiction. Here, we have studied the effects of chronic mild stress (CMS), a valid animal model of depression, on measures o...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Papp M,Gruca P,Lason-Tyburkiewicz M,Litwa E,Willner P

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine receptors are implicated in the reinforcing effects of food and drug reinforcement. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether blocking D2 dopamine receptors during extinction (secondary reinforcement) would affect reacquisition of responding for food pellets (primary reinforcement). Food-restricted ra...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Koerber J,Goodman D,Barnes JL,Grimm JW

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fentanyl derivative mirfentanil has a novel set of behavioral effects in non-humans including low-efficacy opioid actions and non-opioid antinociceptive actions. This study evaluated the rate-decreasing effects of mirfentanil, morphine, naltrexone and ketamine in pigeons both prior to and during a period of chroni...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Gauthier CA,Bagley JR,Brockunier LL,France CP

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated relationships between drinking, other drug use, and drug craving, using ecological momentary assessment (EMA), in a sample of polydrug users who were not heavy drinkers. In a prospective longitudinal cohort study, 114 heroin and cocaine users on methadone-maintenance treatment carried handheld electron...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Preston KL,Jobes ML,Phillips KA,Epstein DH

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabis is the most popular illicit drug used by adolescents. Yet, there are only a few studies that have examined the effects of cannabis use on learning and memory during this sensitive and important neurodevelopmental stage. Male adolescent Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with Δ(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, 6 mg...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Steel RW,Miller JH,Sim DA,Day DJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:Neuropsychiatric disorders, such as addiction, are associated with cognitive impairment, including learning and memory deficits. Previous research has demonstrated that the chronic use of methamphetamine (METH) induces long-term cognitive impairment and cannabidiol (CBD), as a neuroprotectant, can reverse spatial memo...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Razavi Y,Shabani R,Mehdizadeh M,Haghparast A

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared fixed-ratio (FR) and fixed-interval (FI) schedules to investigate the discriminative stimulus properties of μ-opioid and/or κ-opioid receptor agonists. Pigeons were trained to discriminate among morphine (μ agonist), U50488 (κ agonist), the combination, and saline under FR 20-s or FI-300-s schedule...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Wessinger WD,Li M,McMillan DE

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of adrenoreceptor blocking drugs with the 5-HT(1A)-mediated discriminative stimulus was studied in pigeons trained to discriminate the 5-HT(1A) receptor agonist 8-OH-DPAT (0.3mg/kg) from saline. Cumulative dose-response curves were determined for 8-OH-DPAT, the beta-adrenergic antagonist pindolol, the ...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Zhang L,Barrett JE

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetaldehyde has been suggested to mediate a number of the pharmacological and behavioural effects of ethanol. Recently, several studies investigated the role of acetaldehyde in the subjective effects of ethanol, but obtained conflicting results. With the discriminative taste aversion (DTA) procedure, high acetaldehyd...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Quertemont E

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current concepts of basal ganglia function have evolved from the essentially motoric, to include a range of extramotoric functions that involve not only dopaminergic but also cholinergic, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic and glutamatergic mechanisms. We consider these mechanisms and their efferent systems, including sp...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Ikeda H,Adachi K,Fujita S,Tomiyama K,Saigusa T,Kobayashi M,Koshikawa N,Waddington JL

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present experiments investigated the validity and utility of measuring the habituation of a nose-poke response to assess memory in mice. Mice were placed in an operant chamber equipped with two holes in one wall. Nose-poke responses were recorded by the interruption of a photo-beam across the openings of the holes...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Brodkin J

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00