Effects of AZD3480, a neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist, and donepezil on dizocilpine-induced attentional impairment in rats.

abstract：:There is little evidence concerning the effects of caffeine in doses typical of one cup of tea. The present study investigated the effect of 60 mg caffeine, consumed in either tea or hot water, on performance on a subset of the CANTAB test battery. Eight males participated in a practice session and four test sessions....

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Durlach PJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cocaine and amphetamine produce several behavioral effects, most notably locomotor stimulation. Biochemically, evidence suggests specific involvement of dopaminergic systems, although not necessarily identical sites, in mediating cocaine- and amphetamine-induced locomotor stimulation. This study examined the effects o...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： George FR,Porrino LJ,Ritz MC,Goldberg SR

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formamidine pesticides amitraz and chlordimeform have recently been shown to be potent proconvulsants (Gilbert 1988). Two main neuroactive properties have been identified as mediators of formamidine neurotoxicity, alpha-2 adrenergic agonism and local anesthetic actions. These two proposed mechanisms of formamidine...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Gilbert ME,Mack CM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After initial exposure to 80 mg/kg, pigeons trained on a two-key drug discrimination procedure rapidly learned to discriminate 120 mg/kg ethosuximide from saline. When 40-160 mg/kg doses of ethosuximide were administered during generalization tests, the percentage of responses directed to the ethosuximide-appropriate ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Clark RD,Schlinger H,Poling A

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were chronically administered either haloperidol (HAL) or fluphenazine (FLU) via depot injections for 8 months, given these same drugs in their drinking water for the next 2 months, and then withdrawn from the drugs. Throughout the experiment the animals were tested repeatedly in an enclosed tube using a computer...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： See RE,Levin ED,Ellison GD

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Stress, a powerful precipitant of drug seeking during abstinence, may also accelerate the return to pathological patterns of intake after initial instances of drug reuse. OBJECTIVE:To explore the effect of stress on a learning process underlying relapse, this study assessed the effect of yohimbine on reacqui...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Campbell AT,Kwiatkowski D,Boughner E,Leri F

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lu 25-109 [5-(2-ethyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl)-1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-1-methylpyridine] , has M agonistic and M2/M3 antagonistic effects at muscarinic receptors in vitro; a pharmacological profile that may be beneficial in treatment of Alzheimer's disease. In the present study, we compare functional in vivo effects of Lu 25-109 ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Sánchez C,Arnt J,Didriksen M,Dragsted N,Moltzen Lenz S,Matz J

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Serotonin 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptors are thought to be the primary pharmacological mechanisms for serotonin-mediated hallucinogenic drugs, but recently there has been interest in metabotropic glutamate (mGluR2) receptors as contributors to the mechanism of hallucinogens. OBJECTIVE:The present study assesses...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Carbonaro TM,Eshleman AJ,Forster MJ,Cheng K,Rice KC,Gatch MB

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glutamatergic cortico-striatal and subthalamo-entopeduncular pathways are both overactive in parkinsonism. Previous behavioural investigations have shown that intra-entopeduncular injection of either NMDA-site or glycine-site antagonists results in alleviation of parkinsonian symptoms, although injection of the fo...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Carroll CB,Holloway V,Brotchie JM,Mitchell IJ

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In squirrel monkeys trained to discriminate between two tones, morphine consistently increased the percent of response failures during tone periods; however, it had no consistent effect on the percent correct responses. In contrast, scopolamine decreased percent correct responses as well as increasing percent response...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Milar KS,Dykstra LA

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The effect of LSD in humans has been described as occurring in two temporal phases. The behavioral effects in rats also occur in two temporal phases: an initial suppression of exploration followed by increased locomotor activity. OBJECTIVES:We decided to investigate this phenomenon from the perspective that ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Marona-Lewicka D,Thisted RA,Nichols DE

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:When paired with training, substances that increase monoaminergic transmission in the brain support motor and language learning in healthy subjects and in rehabilitation after brain lesions. OBJECTIVES:To test the hypotheses that enhancement of central norepinephrine by the selective norepinephrine reuptake ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Plewnia C,Hoppe J,Gerloff C

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously obtained evidence that the mesoamygdaloid dopamine projection modulates the acquisition of a conditioned response (CR) elicited by presentation of a conditioned stimulus (CS) predicting the availability of a natural (sucrose) reward. This property was found to be dependent upon D3, but not D1 or D2,...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Hitchcott PK,Phillips GD

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rats reared in social isolation exhibit various cognitive and behavioural abnormalities in adulthood. However, impulsivity following this treatment still remains unclear, especially in response to medications used in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, such as amphetamine. METHODS:Using an isolation-r...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Liu YP,Wilkinson LS,Robbins TW

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:This research compares the effects, in mice and rats, of desmethylclomipramine (DCLOM) and clomipramine (CLOM). DCLOM antagonized the hypothermia induced in mice by reserpine or apomorphine to a much greater extent than CLOM. Reserpine ptosis in mice was depressed by DCLOM only. Similarly, only DCLOM was effective in ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Maj J,Stala L,Górka Z,Adamus A

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonergic mechanisms have been implicated in the pathophysiology of depression and in the neuropharmacology of antidepressant treatment. One measure of central serotonergic function is the prolactin (PRL) response to IV L-tryptophan (L-TRP). We used the L-TRP test to assess the role of serotonin in the mechanism of...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： McCance-Katz E,Price LH,Charney DS,Heninger GR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Schizophrenia is characterized by a large variety of cognitive symptoms, among which information processing deficits have been extensively studied. So far, these aspects have been found to be remarkably stable and effective treatment is still lacking. Traditionally, information processing is subdivided into p...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Ellenbroek BA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinergic neurotransmission has been implicated in various forms of neural plasticity such as kindling and learning. We have previously shown that blockade of muscarinic cholinergic receptors prevents the development of locomotor sensitization to methamphetamine. The present study was conducted to examine whether sc...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Ohmori T,Abekawa T,Koyama T

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The four homoeopathic drugs, Gelsemium, Cannabis Indica, Graphites and Agaricus Muscarius, administered orally in 30th and 200th potencies on white rats, enhanced restraint-induced catalepsy in a similar manner to the two standard drugs pilocarpine and haloperidol (IP injection at 5 mg/kg). All the drugs tested differ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Sukul NC,Bala SK,Bhattacharyya B

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several lines of evidence suggest that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays a critical role in activity-dependent neuroplasticity underlying learning and memory in the hippocampus. Schizophrenia has a range of cognitive deficits that may evolve from decreased BDNF, and this study examines this assoc...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Zhang XY,Liang J,Chen DC,Xiu MH,Yang FD,Kosten TA,Kosten TR

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression in children is currently an area of considerable controversy, as is the use of potent psychopharmacologic agents in children. Since EEG sleep techniques have proven to be useful in understanding the mechanisms of depression in adults and in predicting their response to antidepressants, a pilot study employi...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Kupfer DJ,Coble P,Kane J,Petti T,Conners CK

更新日期：1979-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that anxiety may be a critical factor in certain forms of non-opioid environmental analgesia. In the present study, 5-min exposure to the elevated plus-maze test of anxiety (EPM) induced a mild, though enduring, elevation in tail-flick latencies in male mice. Pretreatment with the opiate antagoni...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Lee C,Rodgers RJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous self-administration of d-amphetamine (0.25 mg/kg/injection) decreased in a dose-related fashion after injections of the dopaminergic agonists apomorphine and piribedil. The dopaminergic agonists appear to suppress amphetamine intake in the same way as do 'free' amphetamine injections, by extending drug sat...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Yokel RA,Wise RA

更新日期：1978-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte beta adrenergic receptor binding using [125I]CNP was determined in patients with panic disorder (N = 4) or agoraphobia with panic attacks (N = 17) and age- and sex-matched healthy subjects (N = 22). The patients showed a significantly lower number of beta-adrenergic receptor binding sites and a significantl...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Brown SL,Charney DS,Woods SW,Heninger GR,Tallman J

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Serotonin and especially serotonin 2A (5-HT(2A)) receptor signaling are important in the etiology and treatment of schizophrenia and affective disorders. We previously reported a novel 5-HT(2A) receptor effector, increased transglutaminase (TGase)-catalyzed transamidation, and activation of the small G protei...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Dai Y,Dudek NL,Li Q,Muma NA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is thought to involve hypofunctional catecholamine systems in the striatum, nucleus accumbens, and prefrontal cortex (PFC); however, recent clinical evidence has implicated glutamate dysfunction in the pathophysiology of ADHD. Recent studies show that increased ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Miller EM,Pomerleau F,Huettl P,Gerhardt GA,Glaser PE

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medial thalamic (MT), and hippocampal (HPC) EEG, and single unit activity, and frontal cortical (CTX) EEG were recorded following IV infusions of 0.625 mg morphine/kg in drug-naive, and following 0.0125 mg naloxone/kg in morphine-dependent paralyzed rats. Particular effort was made to assess the latency of the respons...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Linseman MA,Grupp LA

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Nicotine can enhance attentional performance in humans, a property that may be of therapeutic utility. OBJECTIVES:To identify brain sites mediating nicotine-induced attentional enhancement. METHODS:Nicotine (0, 1, 2, 4 and 8 microg) was injected bilaterally into the dorsal hippocampus and the prelimbic area...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Hahn B,Shoaib M,Stolerman IP

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies indicate that morphine dependence, assessed as the severity of naloxone-precipitated opiate withdrawal in rats, is attenuated by dizocipline, a non-competitive, excitatory amino acid antagonist. Because ethanol is a putative excitatory amino acid antagonist, the present study compared the effects of co-...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Shoemaker WJ,Kosten TA,Muly SM

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00