Scopolamine and the control of attention in humans.

abstract：:Ro 15-4513, a partial inverse agonist at the benzodiazepine (BZ) receptor site was labelled with 11C and used for in vitro autoradiography on human post mortem brain sections and for positron emission tomography (PET) on Cynomolgus monkeys. The total radiochemical yield of [11C]Ro 15-4513 was 30-40% with an overall sy...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Halldin C,Farde L,Litton JE,Hall H,Sedvall G

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Contemporary animal models of cocaine addiction focus on increasing the amount of drug consumption to produce addiction-like behavior. However, another critical factor is the temporal pattern of consumption, which in humans is characterized by intermittency, both within and between bouts of use. OBJECTIVE:To...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Kawa AB,Bentzley BS,Robinson TE

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Human behavioral pharmacology studies can examine how medications that target different neurotransmitter systems influence different aspects of smoking. Naltrexone and bupropion have been shown to alter ad lib smoking behavior; however, medication effects on nicotine reward in a cigarette choice paradigm have...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Rukstalis M,Jepson C,Strasser A,Lynch KG,Perkins K,Patterson F,Lerman C

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:Normal unoperated rats were tested for rotation (i.e., circling behavior) in a spherical "rotometer" and dose-response relationships were generated using d-amphetamine, apomorphine, L-Dopa, haloperidol, and scopolamine. The rotation induced by amphetamine was significantly antagonized by alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine and ha...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Jerussi TP,Glick SD

更新日期：1976-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Repeated amphetamine (AMPH) administration into the nucleus accumbens does not enhance (sensitize) the locomotor activity produced by a subsequent systemic AMPH challenge. We report here, however, that pretreatment with systemic injections of AMPH does produce a significant enhancement in the locomotor stimulant effec...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Paulson PE,Robinson TE

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or "ecstasy") causes serotonin neuron damage in laboratory animals. The serotonin system is known to be important in the regulation of mood. Previous research has shown that MDMA users score higher on self-report ratings of depression than controls. However, MDMA users ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Roiser JP,Sahakian BJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cebus apella monkeys were chronically administered the antipsychotic drug fluphenazine decanoate for periods ranging from 3.5 to 5.5 years. In the present study, four of these monkeys and two controls were tested for cognitive abilities on a spatial learning task, which consisted of an original discrimination and four...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Levin ED,Gunne LM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Cocaine and opioids are often co-abused. As yet, however, there is no clear evidence that the drugs interact to make the mixture a more effective reinforcer. OBJECTIVE:The present study examined the relative reinforcing potency and maximum effectiveness of the cocaine-opioid combination in monkeys given a ch...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Freeman KB,Woolverton WL

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of lormetazepam (0.03 mg/kg IV) a benzodiazepine (BZ) derivative in combination with ZK 93 426 (0.04 mg/kg IV) a beta-carboline, benzodiazepine receptor antagonist were evaluated in humans. Independently, the effects of ZK 93 426 on its own were investigated. A psychometric test battery to evaluate sedatio...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Duka T,Goerke D,Dorow R,Höller L,Fichte K

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Perphenazine, a classical antipsychotic drug, has the potential to induce extrapyramidal side effects (EPS). Dopaminergic and serotonergic pathways are involved in the therapeutic and adverse effects of the drug. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the impact of polymorphisms in the dopamine D(2) and D(3) and serotonin 2...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Gunes A,Scordo MG,Jaanson P,Dahl ML

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parenteral administration of the adenosine deaminase (ADA) inhibitor erythro-9-(2-hydroxy-3-nonyl)-adenine (EHNA) results in a profound decrease in spontaneous motor activity in mice and rats. The inhibition of cortical ADA activity measured ex vivo parallels the decrease in spontaneous motor activity in a time-depend...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Mendelson WB,Kuruvilla A,Watlington T,Goehl K,Paul SM,Skolnick P

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has found that the attention of social drinkers is preferentially oriented towards alcohol-related stimuli (attentional capture). This is argued to play a role in escalating craving for alcohol that can result in hazardous drinking. According to incentive theories of drug addiction, the stimuli assoc...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Brown CRH,Duka T,Forster S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The present study investigates the effects of injections of a specific N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) antagonist 3-[(R)-2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl]-propyl-1-phophonic acid (CPP) into the prefrontal cortex (PFC) on the extracellular concentrations of dopamine and acetylcholine in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) and...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Del Arco A,Segovia G,Mora F

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peak saccadic eye movement velocity (SEV) and average smooth pursuit gain (SP) are reduced in a dose-dependent manner by diazepam and provide reliable, quantitative measures of benzodiazepine agonist effects. To evaluate the specificity of these eye movement effects for agents acting at the central GABA-benzodiazepine...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Hopfenbeck JR,Cowley DS,Radant A,Greenblatt DJ,Roy-Byrne PP

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Nicotine infusions that are self-administered (contingent) or response-independent (noncontingent) increase lever pressing for a reinforcing nonpharmacological stimulus in rats, suggesting that in addition to primary reinforcement, nicotine self-administration may result from nicotine enhancing the reinforcem...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Chaudhri N,Caggiula AR,Donny EC,Booth S,Gharib M,Craven L,Palmatier MI,Liu X,Sved AF

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methadone as the most prevalent opioid substitution medication has been shown to influence the neurophysiological functions among heroin addicts. However, there is no firm conclusion on acute neuroelectrophysiological changes among methadone-treated subjects as well as the effectiveness of methadone in restoring brain...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Motlagh F,Ibrahim F,Rashid R,Shafiabady N,Seghatoleslam T,Habil H

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) re-uptake inhibitors (SNRIs) have been proposed to have a higher efficacy and/or faster onset of action than previously available antidepressants. OBJECTIVES:We examined in biochemical, electrophysiological and behavioural assays the antidepressant properties of (S)-(...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Artaiz I,Zazpe A,Innerárity A,Del Olmo E,Díaz A,Ruiz-Ortega JA,Castro E,Pena R,Labeaga L,Pazos A,Orjales A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serotonergic agent meta-chlorophenylpiperazine (m-CPP) increases temperature and plasma ACTH and other hormones and decreases social interaction, locomotor activity and food intake in rats, most likely via stimulation of 5-HT2C receptors. Repeated daily administration of m-CPP to rats induces rapid tolerance to th...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Benjamin J,Greenberg BD,Murphy DL

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to determine whether the development of behavioral sensitization to apomorphine could be blocked by either D1 or D2 selective dopamine antagonists. In three experiments, male rats received 10-21 daily injections of a selective D1 (SCH 23390; 0 or 0.5 mg/kg IP) or D2 (sulpiride; 0...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Mattingly BA,Rowlett JK,Graff JT,Hatton BJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been a number of claims that high-dose administration of cocaine to rats leads to neurotoxic effects on dopamine neurons. In this study possible neurotoxic effects on monoamine neurons were examined by measuring the effects of cocaine (35 mg/kg daily for 10 days) on the binding of radioligands to uptake sit...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Benmansour S,Tejani-Butt SM,Hauptmann M,Brunswick DJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal male volunteers took single acute doses of either diazepam or placebo under double-blind conditions in three simulated public speaking experiments. Measures of palmar sweating and subjective anxiety showed that anticipation of speaking in public increased anxiety relative to baseline and prestress conditions, a...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： McNair DM,Frankenthaler LM,Czerlinsky T,White TW,Sasson S,Fisher S

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Demonstrations of associative tolerance to the analgesic effects of morphine, not confounded by practice or novelty effects, have been restricted to the tail-flick and flinch-jump tests. OBJECTIVES:Experiment 1 investigated whether associative tolerance would be found on two other nociceptive assessment meth...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Cepeda-Benito A,Tiffany ST,Cox LS

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The phenomenon of sensitization has been theoretically implicated in mediating various aspects of drug addiction. Recent dose-response studies demonstrated that pretreatment with the putative antiaddictive agent, ibogaine (IBO), and a synthetic iboga alkaloid congener, 18-methoxycoronaridine (18-MC), increase...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Szumlinski KK,Balogun MY,Maisonneuve IM,Glick SD

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Repeated social stress experiences engender "behavioral sensitization" and may also increase the potential for abuse of psychomotor stimulants, particularly cocaine use during "binges." OBJECTIVE:Experimental protocols were designed to induce behavioral sensitization through exposures to social-defeat stress...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Covington HE 3rd,Miczek KA

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Convulsions associated with cocaine toxicity are a serious aspect of cocaine-related emergency room incidents. Seizures can result from a single high dose of cocaine, and evidence is accumulating that correlates repetitive administration of sub-convulsive doses of cocaine with a decreased seizure threshold, a...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Miller KA,Witkin JM,Ungard JT,Gasior M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between each of two pharmacologic effects (tachycardia and psychological "high") of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and plasma THC concentration was investigated in three male and three female experienced marihuana smokers. Each subject smoked 1% THC cigarette on two occasions separated by 2 h. Hea...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Cocchetto DM,Owens SM,Perez-Reyes M,DiGuiseppi S,Miller LL

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Buprenorphine is a low-efficacy mu opioid agonist that can reduce drug taking in opioid abusers; however, the mechanism by which buprenorphine modifies the actions of other drug taking and the consequences of repeated treatment with buprenorphine are not fully understood. OBJECTIVE:The purposes of this study...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Galici R,Brandt MR,France CP

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under the fixed-consecutive-number schedule (FCN), pigeons were reinforced for responding eight or more times on one response key (work key), and then responding once on a second response key. In one component of this schedule, an external stimulus signalled the completion of the response requirement on the work key (...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Picker M,Dykstra LA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study trends in smoking withdrawal symptoms, 35 participants in a smoking cessation clinic completed four questionnaires daily for 2 weeks. The questionnaire dealt with a variety of symptoms which a factor analysis showed could be grouped into four factors: stimulation, desire to smoke, and physical and ps...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Shiffman SM,Jarvik ME

更新日期：1976-10-20 00:00:00