Comparison between the effects of propranolol and chlordiazepoxide on timing behaviour in the rat.

abstract：:The effects of a new alpha-2 adrenoceptor antagonist on erectile function was assessed in 12 normal volunteers (mean age 28.7, range 20-42), using a double blind, placebo controlled design with two doses of drug and three testing sessions. The drug was administered by intravenous infusion and erectile responses to ero...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Munoz M,Bancroft J,Turner M

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that is widely distributed throughout the central nervous system. The role of serotonin in schizophrenia is still unclear. Postmortem studies of serotonin receptor subtypes in schizophrenia have been inconclusive for the most part. The most promising findings involve a reduction in 5-HT...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Ohuoha DC,Hyde TM,Kleinman JE

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Chronic pain is becoming a more common medical diagnosis and is especially prevalent in older individuals. As such, prescribed use of opioids is on the rise, even though the efficacy for pain management in older individuals is unclear. OBJECTIVES:Thus, the present preclinical study assessed the effectiveness...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Mitzelfelt JD,Carter CS,Morgan D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Zidovudine (AZT) and lamivudine (3TC) are nucleoside analogues administered prenatally in clinical practice, separately or in combination, as antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV mother-to-child transmission by inhibiting viral reverse transcriptase. In animal studies pre- and/or perinatal exposure to AZT and ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Ricceri L,Venerosi A,Valanzano A,Sorace A,Alleva E

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The integrity of cortical cholinergic transmission is vital to attentional processing. A growing literature suggests that alterations in attentional processing accompany addictive drug use. This study examined the effects of acute and repeated administration of nicotine on cortical acetylcholine release. OBJ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Arnold HM,Nelson CL,Sarter M,Bruno JP

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 4 week study of the response of neurotic outpatients to treatment with amitriptyline, diazepam, amitriptyline and diazepam, or placebo clinical and psychophysiological variables and plasma levels of the drug were assessed. Clinical improvements were substantial in all treatment groups but clear relationships betw...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Johnstone EC,Bourne RC,Crow TJ,Frith CD,Gamble S,Lofthouse R,Owen F,Owens DG,Robinson J,Stevens M

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nACh-R) agonists such as (-)-nicotine and related compounds on brain monoamine turnover. A single administration of (-)-nicotine (0.04, 0.2, 1.0, and 5.0 mg/kg SC) increased both noradrenaline (NA) and dopamine (DA) turnover ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Tani Y,Saito K,Tsuneyoshi A,Imoto M,Ohno T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Many previous studies have reported that alcohol and cannabis produce additive psychomotor effects in acute combination, but few have explicitly tested whether chronic exposure to cannabis, in the absence of acute administration, alters the effects of alcohol on psychomotor performance. OBJECTIVES:To test wh...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Wright A,Terry P

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the intracerebroventricular (ICV) administration of taurine on amnesia, convulsions and death caused by hypoxia was investigated in mice. Taurine in doses of 80-100 micrograms/mouse impaired acquisition of a single trial in passive avoidance performance, but protected mice from the learning impairment in...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Malcangio M,Bartolini A,Ghelardini C,Bennardini F,Malmberg-Aiello P,Franconi F,Giotti A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Recent studies have shown that metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) can modulate N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor function in vivo. For example, the mGluR5 antagonist, 2-methyl-6-(phenylethynyl)-pyridine (MPEP) can potentiate PCP (phencyclidine)-evoked hyperactivity and PCP-induced disruptions in pr...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Campbell UC,Lalwani K,Hernandez L,Kinney GG,Conn PJ,Bristow LJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benztropine mesylate (Cogentin) and physostigmine salicylate (Antilirium), were tested for changes in tongue protrusions, retrusions, and swallowing acts in rats anesthetized with a 100 mg/kg IM injection of ketamine hydrochloride. These ketamine-induced linguopharyngeal events were monitored by means of a force displ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Marco LA,Joshi RS,Brown C,Aldes LD,Chronister RB

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Psychopharmacology needs novel quantitative measures and theoretical approaches based on computational modelling that can be used to help translate behavioural findings from experimental animals to humans, including patients with neuropsychiatric disorders. OBJECTIVES:This brief review exemplifies this appro...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Robbins TW,Cardinal RN

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Carbon monoxide synthetized by inducible heme oxygenase (HO-1) exerts potent anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive effects during acute and neuropathic pain, but its role in the modulation of chronic inflammatory pain and the possible involvement of nitric oxide in this action remain unknown. OBJECTIVES AND ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Negrete R,Hervera A,Leánez S,Pol O

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The touchscreen continuous trial-unique non-matching-to-location task (cTUNL) has been developed to optimise a battery of tasks under NEWMEDS (Novel Methods leading to New Medication in Depression and Schizophrenia, http://www.newmeds-europe.com ). It offers novel task features of both a practical and a theor...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Oomen CA,Hvoslef-Eide M,Kofink D,Preusser F,Mar AC,Saksida LM,Bussey TJ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The efficacy of methadone for treating heroin dependence derives, in part, from suppression of opiate withdrawal and attenuation of the effects of heroin. OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this double-blind, within-subject, inpatient study was to determine whether larger doses of methadone, which are more effective ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Donny EC,Walsh SL,Bigelow GE,Eissenberg T,Stitzer ML

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Little is known about the smoking topography characteristics of heavy cannabis users. Such measures may be able to predict cannabis use-related outcomes and could be used to validate self-reported measures of cannabis use. OBJECTIVES:The current study was conducted to measure cannabis smoking topography char...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： McClure EA,Stitzer ML,Vandrey R

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stress is associated with cognitive and emotional dysfunction, and increases risk for a variety of psychological disorders, including depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. Prefrontal cortex is critical for executive function and emotion regulation, is a target for stress hormones, and is implicated i...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Wellman CL,Moench KM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study compared cocaine-induced hyperlocomotion and cocaine i.v. self-administration in DBA/2J and C57BL/6J mice. In the locomotor activity experiment, these strains were tested for hyperlocomotion after i.p. cocaine injection (0-60.0 mg/kg), using a Digiscan Animal Activity Monitoring System. In the cocain...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Rocha BA,Odom LA,Barron BA,Ator R,Wild SA,Forster MJ

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the third week of life, a hyperactive period for laboratory rat, the occurrence of 8 behavioral categories was recorded in individual littermates transferred to a novel environment. Neonatal destruction of the catecholaminergic system by intraventricular injection of 6-OH-DA resulted in increased motor activity...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Stoof JC,Duijkstra H,Hillegers JP

更新日期：1978-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The neuronal actions of methamphetamine (MA) include an increase in extracellular levels of monoamines, presumably via reverse transport involving the monoamine transporters. This action is thought to play an important role in the effects of MA. Therefore, in the present experiment, it was hypothesized that a...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Ranaldi R,Anderson KG,Carroll FI,Woolverton WL

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments assessed the development of tolerance to morphine stimulus control during treatment with selected maintenance doses of morphine. Separate groups of rats were trained to discriminate saline and either 3.2 mg/kg or 5.6 mg/kg morphine under fixed-ratio schedules of food delivery. Dose-response functions for g...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Young AM,Sannerud CA,Steigerwald ES,Doty MD,Lipinski WJ,Tetrick LE

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously been shown that serotonergic [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] neurons of the median raphe nucleus (MR) are critically involved in the control of the hippocampal electroencephalogram (EEG). Activation of MR 5-HT neurons desynchronizes the hippocampal EEG, whereas inhibition of MR 5-HT activity produces hi...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Kinney GG,Kocsis B,Vertes RP

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Zotepine is an antipsychotic drug with proven efficacy for treatment of acute episodes of schizophrenia. Antipsychotic drugs also require to be effective in prevention of recurrence. OBJECTIVE:This trial was designed to compare the effects of zotepine and placebo in the prevention of recurrence of acute epis...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Cooper SJ,Butler A,Tweed J,Welch C,Raniwalla J

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Individual differences in the rate of nicotine metabolism (RNM) could be related to dependence and success in stopping smoking. A range of studies have examined RNM measured by the ratio of trans-3'-hydroxycotinine and cotinine in body fluids (the ratio). A systematic review of this literature is needed to dr...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： West O,Hajek P,McRobbie H

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A continuous intravenous infusion of the opiate receptor antagonist naloxone, at doses ranging from 0.7 to 1.0 micrograms/kg/min (total dose 8.8-13.2 mg), was performed in eight normal subjects during the first 240 min of night sleep. A significant reduction in stage REM and in stage 4 percent duration was observed. P...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Cianchetti C,Masala C,Olivari P,Giordano G

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The forced swimming test is reviewed. This test appears to be suitable for detecting antidepressant activity in rats but not in mice. Difference in experimental procedure may account for the different sensitivity to drugs of the two animal species. ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Borsini F,Meli A

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Decision-making is a complex cognitive process that is mediated, in part, by subregions of the medial prefrontal cortex (PFC). Decision-making is impaired in a number of psychiatric conditions including schizophrenia. Notably, people with schizophrenia exhibit reductions in GABA function in the same PFC areas...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Paine TA,O'Hara A,Plaut B,Lowes DC

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The majority of individuals who suffer an episode of depression go on to experience recurrences. We have proposed, based upon the observation that reducing serotonin via acute tryptophan depletion (ATD) is more likely to induce negative mood in recovered depressed individuals than never depressed individua...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Robinson OJ,Sahakian BJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel self-stimulation methodology involving a fixed-interval (FI-5 s) schedule of reinforcement, microanalysis and threshold evaluation was used to investigate the effects of cocaine on rats lever pressing for electrical stimulation of the prefrontal cortex. Cocaine (15 mg/kg) increased medial prefrontal cortex (MP...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： McGregor IS,Atrens DM,Jackson DM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between norepinephrine (NE) content in cortex and spinal cord and acoustic startle amplitude was investigated in two experiments. Administration of diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC) depressed startle amplitude at the same time and dose that it most severely depleted NE content. These results support the co...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Storm JE,Millington WR,Fechter LD

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00