Enhanced susceptibility to kindling by chlordimeform may be mediated by a local anesthetic action.

abstract：RATIONALE:Temporal differentiation of operant behaviour is sensitive to dopaminergic manipulations. Studies using the fixed-interval peak procedure implicated D2 dopamine receptors in these effects. Less is known about the effects of dopaminergic manipulations on temporal differentiation in other timing schedules. OBJ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Cheung TH,Bezzina G,Asgari K,Body S,Fone KC,Bradshaw CM,Szabadi E

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EEG measures have been shown to differ in human subjects who are at genetically increased risk for the development of alcoholism. In the present study, EEG was recorded in rats that were selectively bred for alcohol-preferring (P) and nonpreferring (NP) behaviors during an ethanol self-administration paradigm. In this...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Robledo P,Lumeng L,Li TK,Ehlers CL

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sibutramine hydrochloride, a novel monoamine reuptake inhibitor antidepressant, has been studied to determine whether it alters dopaminergic function in the brain. Its effects have been compared with bupropion, a dopamine reuptake inhibitor, and methamphetamine, a dopamine reuptake inhibitor and releasing agent. Sibut...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Heal DJ,Frankland AT,Gosden J,Hutchins LJ,Prow MR,Luscombe GP,Buckett WR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the conditioned reinforcement paradigm, animals learn a new instrumental response reinforced solely by conditioned reward (a stimulus that has previously been associated with primary reward). It has been shown that psychostimulants potentiate responding for conditioned reward and there is evidence that the nucleus ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Kelley AE,Delfs JM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of scopolamine, an anticholinergic drug, of trimipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant with both anticholinergic and sedative properties, of diazepam and a placebo, on explicit memory and repetition priming were assessed using a free-recall task and a word-stem completion task. Forty-eight healthy volunteers...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Danion JM,Zimmermann MA,Willard-Schroeder D,Grangé D,Welsch M,Imbs JL,Singer L

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroleptic-free schizophrenic patients received caerulein, a potent analogue of cholecystokinin octapeptide, in a fixed- and rising-dose schedule. In addition, neuroleptic-treated patients received a single dose of the peptide with a 4-week follow-up. No significant change in mental status was observed after any of t...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Tamminga CA,Littman RL,Alphs LD,Chase TN,Thaker GK,Wagman AM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preclinical studies suggest that acoustic startle amplitude is increased during ethanol withdrawal. The current study evaluated the effects of intravenous infusion of the alpha 2-adrenergic antagonist, yohimbine (0.4 mg/kg), the serotonin partial agonist m-chlorophenylpiperazine (mCPP, 0.1 mg/kg), and placebo administ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Krystal JH,Webb E,Grillon C,Cooney N,Casal L,Morgan CA 3rd,Southwick SM,Davis M,Charney DS

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the selective 5-HT1A agonists 8-OH-DPAT and flesinoxan and the selective 5-HT2 antagonists ritanserin and ketanserin on immobility time in rats bred for predisposition to catalepsy have been studied. Treatment with 8-OH-DPAT as well as flesinoxan caused a marked dose-dependent decrease in immobility tim...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Kulikov AV,Kolpakov VG,Maslova GB,Kozintsev I,Popova NK

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four benzodiazepine tranquilizers have been tested, alone or in combination with scopolamine, on the spontaneous locomotor activity of BALB/c mice. Scopolamine-induced locomotor stimulation was enhanced by chlordiazepoxide, diazepam, and medazepam, but not by bromazepam. These effects are similar to those exerted by t...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Sansone M

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies indicate that some aspects of memory can be enhanced by the administration of oxygen or glucose. Considering the dependency of glucose metabolism upon oxygen supply, the present study predicted that administering a combination of 100% oxygen with glucose would have greater memory-enhancing effects than ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Winder R,Borrill J

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After learning a light-cued, go-no go successive discrimination to criterion, male Sprague-Dawley rats received 0, 5, or 10 mg/kg chlordiazepoxide on six performance sessions, followed by two drug-recovery (saline) sessions. Chlordiazepoxide impaired discrimination performance in a dose-dependent manner, with animals ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Cole SO,Michaleski A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Low capacity of the central serotonergic system has been associated with impulsive behaviour. Both low platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity and the short (S) allele of the serotonin transporter gene promoter region polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) are proposed to be markers of less efficient serotonergic function...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Paaver M,Nordquist N,Parik J,Harro M,Oreland L,Harro J

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:There is a close relationship between arousal and pupil diameter, decrease in the level of arousal being accompanied by constriction of the pupil (miosis), probably reflecting the attenuation of sympathetic outflow as sedation sets in. Paradoxically, sedation induced by benzodiazepines is not accompanied by m...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Hou RH,Samuels ER,Langley RW,Szabadi E,Bradshaw CM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:It has been proposed that brain aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) plays a role in the modulation of some psychopharmacological effects of ethanol. Diethyldithiocarbamate (DDTC), an ALDH inhibitor, elevates blood acetaldehyde levels in the presence of ethanol. Concurrent administration with 4-methylpyrazole (4-MP)...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Escarabajal MD,Aragon CM

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:A variety of behavioral procedures have been developed to assess cannabinoid activity in mice; however, the feasibility of establishing Delta(9)-THC as a discriminative stimulus in mice has not been documented. OBJECTIVE:One goal was to establish Delta(9)-THC as a discriminative stimulus in mice; after havin...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： McMahon LR,Ginsburg BC,Lamb RJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Considerable research indicates that "ecstasy" users perceive their memory for future intentions (prospective memory) to be impaired. However, only one empirical study to date has directly tested how this capacity is affected by ecstasy use, and this study provided relatively limited information regarding the...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Rendell PG,Gray TJ,Henry JD,Tolan A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:A substantial portion of cigarette smokers prefer menthol-flavored cigarettes. To date, however, no studies have examined whether menthol in cigarettes has central pharmacological effects. OBJECTIVE:We investigated psychophysiological and subjective effects of smoking menthol versus non-menthol cigarettes in...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Pritchard WS,Houlihan ME,Guy TD,Robinson JH

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The progesterone metabolite 5alpha-pregnane-3alpha-ol-20-one (3alpha,5alpha-THP) is an important modulator of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and stress-induced corticosterone response. Typically, 3alpha,5alpha-THP levels are increased in response to acute stress, which may then reduce corticosterone ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Frye CA,Rhodes ME,Raol YH,Brooks-Kayal AR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The administration of large doses of probenecid has been used to study the central nervous system metabolism of catecholamines and indoleamines in patients with affective disease. It has been reported that alterations of the binding of L-tryptophan to plasma albumin binding sites occur during probenecid administration...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Dunner DL,Heiber S,Perel JM

更新日期：1977-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by memory loss and synaptic damage. Previous studies suggested that xanthoceraside decreases glutamate-induced PC12 cell death, ameliorates memory deficits, and increases the number of dendritic spines in AD mice. These results indicated that xanthoceraside might have...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Zhu L,Yang L,Zhao X,Liu D,Guo X,Liu P,Chi T,Ji X,Zou L

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phase of highly focused, repetitive behavior (stereotypy) induced by amphetamine in rats emerges after an initial period of locomotor activation. To assess the neuronal correlates of this behavioral transition, single-unit activity was recorded from the dorsal striatum of awake, unrestrained rats. Units were first...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Rebec GV,White IM,Puotz JK

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Severe, traumatic stress or repeated exposure to stress can result in long-term deleterious effects, including hippocampal cell atrophy and death, which, in turn, result in memory impairments and behavioural abnormalities. The dopaminergic D(2) receptor agonist, bromocriptine, has been shown to modulate learn...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Srikumar BN,Raju TR,Shankaranarayana Rao BS

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were treated once with doses of haloperidol or of droperidol below and above the acute ID50 vs the dopamine agonist apomorphine; they were later challenged with an acute dose of apomorphine (0.3 mg/kg, SC) and rated for stereotyped behavioral responses. The two neuroleptics were similar in acute anti-apomorphine ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Campbell A,Baldessarini RJ,Teicher MH,Kula NS

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Behavioral and dopamine responses to cocaine are sexually dimorphic: Female rats exhibit higher levels of locomotor and reward-associated behaviors after cocaine administration and dopamine release than do males. Activation of the dopamine- and cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein of Mr 32 kDa (DARPP-32) intracellul...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Zhou L,Nazarian A,Sun WL,Jenab S,Quinones-Jenab V

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions of amygdala kindling and drug effects were explored in two experiments. Pretreatment with cocaine (40 mg/kg, IP) for 10 days did not significantly affect the rate of amygdala kindling compared to saline or non-kindled controls. In contrast, daily amygdala kindling with 200 microA for 0.5 s for 20 days sub...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Post RM,Squillace KM,Pert A,Sass W

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risperidone, a new antipsychotic agent, was studied for its effects on spontaneous motor activity in rats in comparison with haloperidol. Motor activity was recorded via the optical scanning technique (horizontal and vertical activity) and via a recently developed technique based on the piezo-electric principle which,...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Megens AA,Awouters FH,Niemegeers CJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Chronic nicotine administration decreases the functioning of the cystine-glutamate antiporter system x(c)- which is hypothesized to promote nicotine-taking and nicotine-seeking behaviors. N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a cystine pro-drug, increases the activity of the cystine-glutamate antiporter system x(c)-. Thus,...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Ramirez-Niño AM,D'Souza MS,Markou A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of drugs that reduce the influence of dopamine at its receptor site can lead to postsynaptic supersensitivity, whereas treatment with dopamine (DA) agonists can cause postsynaptic subsensitivity. Both unaltered and enhanced postsynaptic responses to DA have been shown after pretreatment with DA agonists...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Castro R,Abreu P,Calzadilla CH,Rodriguez M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study experimental alcohol intake that leads to heightened aggression, we established ethanol self-administration in aggressive rats. The focus was on low doses of self-administered ethanol and to assess their effects on aggressive behavior in resident rats, using a limited access paradigm followed by a 5-...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： van Erp AM,Miczek KA

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The i.v. pentylenetetrazol seizure threshold was increased by 2.5 mg/kg and decreased by 15 mg/kg of a single (+)-amphetamine dose. After 7 consecutive days of amphetamine administration, tolerance developed to the decrease but not to the increase in seizure threshold. At 12--48 h after the last dose of 2.5 mg/kg seiz...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Riffee WH,Gerald MC

更新日期：1977-01-31 00:00:00