Investigating complex basal ganglia circuitry in the regulation of motor behaviour, with particular focus on orofacial movement.

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：: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

abstract：:Environmental and situational factors are important determinants of recreational drug use in humans. We aimed to develop a reliable animal model for studying the effects of environmental variables on drug-seeking behavior using the 'social isolation/social restriction' paradigm. Adult Wistar rats housed in short-term ...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Raz S,Berger BD

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：: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：:A core symptom of human depressive disorder is anhedonia, the loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities. Anhedonia, measured as subsensitivity to reward, can be induced in rats by a regimen of repeated, mild, unpredictable stressors. Here, the hedonic state of rats was assessed using an intracranial self-stimul...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Moreau JL,Scherschlicht R,Jenck F,Martin JR

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the anxiolytic-like activity of alnespirone and buspirone, two 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists, in a modified Geller-Seifter conflict model, and examined the role of 5-HT(1A) receptors by studying whether WAY-100635, a selective antagonist at these receptors, blocked their effects. Administered s.c. 30 minutes b...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Cervo L,Munoz C,Bertaglia A,Samanin R

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous exposure to a variety of drugs of abuse has been shown to cause long-term impairments in reversal learning and reinforcer devaluation tasks. However, there is mixed evidence in the literature for a long-term effect of ketamine exposure on reversal learning and the long-term effect of ketamine exposure on deva...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Pickens CL,Aurand L,Hunt J,Fisher H

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing realization that the severity of the core symptoms of autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia is associated with gastrointestinal dysfunction. Nonetheless, the mechanisms underlying such comorbidities remain unknown. Several genetic and environmental factors have been linked to a higher suscepti...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Morais LH,Felice D,Golubeva AV,Moloney G,Dinan TG,Cryan JF

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals neonatally depleted of dopamine show decreases in exploratory behaviour. As latent learning may depend on exploratory behaviour the present study was undertaken to examine the effects of neonatal dopamine depletion on latent learning. In two experiments dopamine was depleted neonatally, using 6-hydroxydopamine...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Archer T,Beninger RJ,Järbe TU,Seiden LS

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopaminergic (DA) agonist-induced yawning in rats seems to be mediated by DA D3 receptors, and low doses of several DA agonists decrease locomotor activity, an effect attributed to presynaptic D2 receptors. Effects of several DA agonists on yawning and locomotor activity were examined in rats and mice. Yawning was rel...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Li SM,Collins GT,Paul NM,Grundt P,Newman AH,Xu M,Grandy DK,Woods JH,Katz JL

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of lithium in models of depression are often inconsistent. We aimed to replicate a regimen that induces robust antidepressant effects in the forced-swim test. Mice were treated with three different doses of lithium chloride (LiCl) 0.25, 0.4 or 0.5% in food and the forced-swim test or open field test was pe...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Bersudsky Y,Shaldubina A,Belmaker RH

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：:Methylphenidate (MPD) is clinically effective in treating the symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; however, its relatively widespread availability has raised public health concerns on nonmedical use of MPD among certain adult populations. Most preclinical studies investigate whether presumed therapeut...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Baladi MG,Nielsen SM,Umpierre A,Hanson GR,Fleckenstein AE

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined effects of the α2/α3-subtype-selective GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulator KRM-II-81 in an assay of pain-related behavioral depression. Adult, male Sprague-Dawley rats responded for electrical brain stimulation in a frequency-rate intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS) procedure. Intraperito...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Moerke MJ,Li G,Golani LK,Cook J,Negus SS

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin-selective reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been shown to enhance the locomotor stimulatory, discriminative-stimulus, and convulsive effects of cocaine in rodents. A pharmacokinetic mechanism for the interaction is supported by increases in the brain levels of cocaine by fluoxetine treatment. Furthermore, the...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Soto PL,Hiranita T,Katz JL

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A-68930 [1R, 3S)-1-aminomethyl-5,6-dihydroxy-3-phenylisochroman HCI] is a novel, potent and selective dopamine D1 receptor agonist. Previous reports have shown that the selective D1 partial agonist, SK & F 38393, reduced food consumption in rats and mice. The aim of this study was to undertake a microstructural analys...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： AI-Naser HA,Cooper SJ

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orexin plays an important role in pain modulation. Orexin-1 and orexin-2 receptors (Ox1r and Ox2r) are found at high density in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray matter (vlPAG). Our previous study showed that chemical stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus with carbachol induces antinociception in the tail-flick ...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Esmaeili MH,Reisi Z,Ezzatpanah S,Haghparast A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex-dependent differences have been consistently described in cannabinoid addiction research. In particular, we recently reported that female Lister Hooded rats display greater self-administration of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor agonist WIN55,212-2 (WIN) and stronger reinstatement of cannabinoid-seeking behavior than ...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Rosas M,Porru S,Giugliano V,Antinori S,Scheggi S,Fadda P,Fratta W,Acquas E,Fattore L

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:The acute and chronic effects of certain drugs can often be opposite. For example, in congestive heart failure acute administration of β-adrenoceptor agonists results in beneficial improvement in symptoms of the disease, but their chronic use increases mortality. Conversely, certain β-adrenoceptor antagonists/inverse ...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Bond RA,Giles H

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:Effects of the dopamine D(1) antagonist SCH 39166 were compared with those of the D(2) antagonist eticlopride in squirrel monkeys responding under a second-order fixed-interval schedule of i.v. self-administration of cocaine. Dose-response curves were determined for a range of doses of self-administered cocaine (0.01-...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Bergman J,Kamien JB,Spealman RD

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human and animal studies provide evidence for vulnerable periods of brain development for deleterious effects of cannabinoids. We have recently shown that pubertal chronic cannabinoid treatment leads to long-lasting behavioral deficits, whereas a comparable treatment in adult rats did not affect the animals' behavior....

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Schneider M,Drews E,Koch M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study estimated the apparent intrinsic activity of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor ligands CP 55,940, Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta9-THC) and SR 141716A in a highly sensitive in vivo assay. Rats were trained to discriminate the cannabinoid CB1 receptor agonist CP 55,940 (either 0.03 or 0.014 mg/kg, i.p.,...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： De Vry J,Jentzsch KR

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large body of data suggests that potassium channels may play an important role in learning and memory. Previous in-vitro research in a number of species including Hermissenda and the rabbit suggests that a 4-aminopyridine-sensitive transient potassium channel may be involved in classical conditioning. We investigate...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Wang D,Darwish DS,Schreurs BG

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to explore whether differences in the psychomotor, subjective and memory effects of different benzodiazepines (BDZ) relate to differences in their potencies. Two BDZs with similar kinetics but different potencies were compared. Flunitrazepam (0.5 and 1.0mg, nitrazepam (5 and 10mg) or placebo we...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Pompéia S,Gorenstein C,Curran HV

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic cathinone derivatives are commonly considered quasi-legal alternatives for stimulant drugs, such as cocaine and methamphetamine, but some derivatives are increasingly being detected in club drug formulations of Ecstasy or 'Molly' as substitutes for methylenedioxymethamphetamine (±-MDMA). Although several stu...

journal_title：Behavioural pharmacology

authors： Gatch MB,Dolan SB,Forster MJ

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：: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