Developmental GABAergic deficit enhances methamphetamine-induced apoptosis.

abstract：:The effects of single and repeated electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) on beta-endorphin (beta-EP), cortisol, growth hormone (GH) and prolactin (Prl) plasma levels were investigated in nine depressed patients. Blood samples were monitored a day before ECT, the day of the first and sixth ECT (0, 30, 60 and 90 min after s...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Weizman A,Gil-Ad I,Grupper D,Tyano S,Laron Z

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mature rats (starting weight at least 270 g) were treated daily with cannabis extract (daily THC dose 20 mg/kg) for 3 months. After a 1- to 4-month drug-free period, residual effects on a variety of behaviors were studied. No residual effects were found in learning of an eight-arm radial maze task, nor on a differenti...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Stiglick A,Kalant H

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Prepulse inhibition (PPI) refers to the reduction of the startle response magnitude when a startling stimulus is closely preceded by a weak stimulus. PPI is commonly used to measure sensorimotor gating. In rats, the PPI reduction induced by the dopamine agonist apomorphine can be reversed by systemic administ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Larrauri JA,Burke DA,Hall BJ,Levin ED

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were trained to self-stimulate by interrupting a photobeam and brain stimulation was maintained for as long as the beam of light was broken. d-Amphetamine sulphate was then administered and response rate and total duration of stimulation were recorded. Both response rate and total duration were elevated by 1.0, 2...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Zacharko RM,Wishart TB

更新日期：1979-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have demonstrated a paradoxical form of antinociception induced by the repeated administration of opioid antagonists accompanied by exposure to a painful stimulus. The underlying mechanism of this naloxone-induced antinociception (NIA) is still unknown, but the results of several studies suggest that i...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Walker MJ,Poulos CX,Le AD

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study demonstrates that pre-exposure to stress influences subsequent effects of stress on pain sensitivity (stress-induced analgesia) and on plasma corticosterone and brain catecholamine activity. Animals exposed to a 30 min shock session (S1 = 8, 5.0 s shocks) 10 days earlier showed a significant attenuation of ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Caggiula AR,Antelman SM,Aul E,Knopf S,Edwards DJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Chronic stress and corticosterone have been shown to affect serotonin (5-HT) neurotransmission; however, the influence of stress on the activity of the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN), the main source of 5-HT in the forebrain, is not well understood. In particular, it is unknown if and how stress modifies DRN 5-HT...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Sowa J,Kusek M,Siwiec M,Sowa JE,Bobula B,Tokarski K,Hess G

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study a cross-familiarisation conditioned taste aversion (CTA) paradigm was utilized to reveal stimulus resemblance between the selective 5-HT1A agonist 8-OHDPAT and a variety of serotonergic and non-serotonergic drugs. In male mice, a 0.22 mg/kg dose of 8-OHDPAT was used as the reference compound induc...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： De Beun R,Rijk HW,Broekkamp CL

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thymoleptics potentiate and modify the behavioral effects of apomorphine (probably the most specific dopaminergic agonist) as well as those of Dopa. The effect of the thymoleptics is not abolished by emptying of amine stores, and this together with other evidence suggests that these drugs facilitate the access of ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Molander L,Randrup A

更新日期：1976-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Dopaminergic therapy improves some cognitive functions and worsens others in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). These paradoxical effects are explained by the dopamine overdose hypothesis, which proposes that effects of dopaminergic therapy on a cognitive function is determined by the baseline dopamine l...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Vo A,Seergobin KN,Morrow SA,MacDonald PA

更新日期：2016-07-01 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:Most adult smokers start smoking during their adolescence. This adolescent initiation may be due to multiple factors, but little evidence is available regarding whether their brains are differentially sensitive to the addictive effects of nicotine during adolescence. OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that ado...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Belluzzi JD,Lee AG,Oliff HS,Leslie FM

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Abnormalities of cortical evoked potentials and background electroencephalographic (EEG) frequencies occur in several psychiatric disorders, some of which, especially depression, are associated with hypercortisolaemia. However, there have been few investigations of the effects of exogenously administered cort...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Ashton CH,Lunn B,Marsh VR,Young AH

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of fixed-ratio (FR) size, scopolamine, and the interactions between FR size and scopolamine were investigated in male F344 rats on working memory as assessed by spatial alternation behavior maintained under FR schedules of food presentation where the interval between trials was varied among values of 2, 4,...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Shannon HE,Bemis KG,Hart JC

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:One third of US smokers are intermittent smokers (ITS) who do not smoke daily. Unlike daily smokers (DS), whose smoking is negatively reinforced by withdrawal relief, ITS may be motivated by immediate positive reinforcement. In contrast, incentive salience theory posits hypothesis that "liking" of drug effect...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Shiffman S,Terhorst L

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Epilepsy is a debilitating seizure disorder that affects approximately 50 million people. Noradrenaline reduces neuronal excitability, has anticonvulsant effects and is protective against seizure onset. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the role of α2-adrenoceptors in vivo in a neonatal domoic acid (DOM) rat model o...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Thomsen MB,Lillethorup TP,Jakobsen S,Nielsen EH,Simonsen M,Wegener G,Landau AM,Tasker RA

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) that selectively inhibit the MAO-A or MAO-B forms of MAO were studied in rats performing under a differential-reinforcement-of-low-rate 72-s (DRL 72-s) schedule of reinforcement. Clorgyline and CGP11'305A, irreversible and reversible MAO-A inhibitors, respectively, i...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Marek GJ,Seiden LS

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of intra-amygdala injections of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) on memory and exploratory behavior in rats were examined in the present study. Rats with chronically implanted cannulae received intra-amygdala injections of vehicle or CRF at a dose of 0.01, 0.1 or 1.0 micrograms, either immediately afte...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Liang KC,Lee EH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Working memory performance may be improved or decreased by amphetamine, depending on baseline working memory capacity and amphetamine dosage. This variable effect suggests an optimal range of monaminergic activity for working memory, either below or above which it is compromised. We directly tested this possi...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Tipper CM,Cairo TA,Woodward TS,Phillips AG,Liddle PF,Ngan ET

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Schizophrenia is a disorder with cognitive deficits that could stem from cholinergic dysfunction. OBJECTIVES:Our aim was to examine if donepezil administered to stable, medicated outpatients with schizophrenia improves cognition and psychopathology. METHODS:We conducted a double-blind placebo-controlled tri...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Freudenreich O,Herz L,Deckersbach T,Evins AE,Henderson DC,Cather C,Goff DC

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:Efforts to find a correlation between serum levels of chlorpromazine (CPZ) and clinical effect have been rather unsuccessful, which could be due to fluctuations of CPZ and CPZ metabolite levels during treatment, the complicated metabolism of CPZ, or to varying degrees of protein binding. Using a mass fragmentographic ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Wode-Helgodt B,Alfredsson G

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Higher rates of delay discounting, or impulsive choice, may be related to relapse during abstinence reinforcement interventions for cigarette smoking, and a transdermal nicotine patch may attenuate delay discounting. OBJECTIVE:The objectives of this study are to assess the relation between delay discounting ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Dallery J,Raiff BR

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Anticipatory nausea (AN) experienced by chemotherapy patients is resistant to current anti-nausea treatments. In this study, the effect of manipulation of the endocannabinoid (EC) system on a rat model of nausea (conditioned gaping) was determined. OBJECTIVE:The potential of cannabidiol (CBD) and the fatty a...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Rock EM,Limebeer CL,Mechoulam R,Piomelli D,Parker LA

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：:Effects of two dosages of rubidium chloride on exploration, locomotion, rearing and immobility were assessed for male and female rats in an exploration box and an open field. In contrast to previous findings, rubidium was found to decrease locomotion and rearing in the exploratory box, and also to decrease locomotion ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Syme GJ,Syme LA

更新日期：1979-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2-[14C]deoxyglucose method was used to compare the effects of the acute administration of cocaine by two different routes, intravenous and intraperitoneal, on rates of local cerebral glucose utilization in freely moving rats. Doses were initially chosen on the basis of their ability to elicit equivalent increases ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Porrino LJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines noradrenergic hyperactivity in response to stress in the development of spontaneous recurrences of methamphetamine (MAP) psychosis, a phenomenon known as flashbacks, in studies of psychedelic drug use. We studied predictors of flashbacks in 36 subjects with flashbacks, along with 80 subjects with a...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Yui K,Ishiguro T,Goto K,Ikemoto S

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of long-term lithium carbonate treatment on parameters of immediate, short-, and long-term memory was examined in a group of bipolar affectively ill patients. The lithium treatment group recalled significantly fewer words across trials on a verbal learning task than a group of bipolar affectively ill patien...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Reus VI,Targum SD,Weingartner H,Post RM

更新日期：1979-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:We previously found that systemic injections of the 5-HT uptake blocker fluoxetine attenuate intermittent footshock stress-induced reinstatement of alcohol seeking in rats, while inhibition of 5-HT neurons in the median raphe induces reinstatement of alcohol seeking. In this study, we further e...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Lê AD,Funk D,Harding S,Juzytsch W,Fletcher PJ,Shaham Y

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00