Basal and stress-induced modulation of activity-regulated cytoskeletal associated protein (Arc) in the rat brain following duloxetine treatment.

abstract：:A continuing challenge for preclinical research on anxiolytic drugs is to capture the affective dimension that characterizes anxiety and aggression, either in their adaptive forms or when they become of clinical concern. Experimental protocols for the preclinical study of anxiolytic drugs typically involve the suppres...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Miczek KA,Weerts EM,Vivian JA,Barros HM

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Reelin, a large extracellular matrix glycoprotein, is down-regulated in the brain of schizophrenic patients and of heterozygous reeler mice (rl/+). The behavioral phenotype of rl/- mice, however, matches only partially the schizophrenia hallmarks. OBJECTIVES:We recently reported (Marrone et al., Eur J Neuros...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Ammassari-Teule M,Sgobio C,Biamonte F,Marrone C,Mercuri NB,Keller F

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Despite the critical role attributed to phosphorylated extracellular signal regulated kinase (pERK1/2) in the nucleus accumbens (Acb) in the actions of addictive drugs, the effects of morphine on ERK1/2 phosphorylation in this area are still controversial. OBJECTIVES:In order to investigate further this issu...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Rosas M,Porru S,Fenu S,Ruiu S,Peana AT,Papale A,Brambilla R,Di Chiara G,Acquas E

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of the tricyclic antidepressants amitriptyline (AMI), imipramine (IMI), chlorimipramine (CMI) and some of their metabolites was studied in vitro in isolated liver microsomes of female Spraque-Dawley rats. Nine metabolites of AMI, seven metabolites of IMI, and 11 metabolites of CMI were quantitatively de...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Krüger R,Hölzl G,Kuss HJ,Schefold L

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were trained to discriminate fenfluramine (1.0 mg/kg) from saline in a two-lever drug discrimination task. The dose-response curve for this discrimination was orderly with an ED50 of about one-half of the training dose (0.52 mg/kg). In substitution tests, indirect (p-chloroamphetamine) and direct (quipazine, MK-2...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： White FJ,Appel JB

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine (6 mg/kg/day) was administered subcutaneously via Alzet osmotic pumps to rats for 28 days. Nociception was measured by the hot-plate and tail-flick methods. A significant antinociceptive effect was demonstrated during the first week of the treatment; after that tolerance developed, lasting for the remaining p...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Yang CY,Wu WH,Zbuzek VK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-hour sessions of differential reinforcement of low-rate behavior (DRL 45-s) in rats were used to investigate alprazolam, caffeine, and their interactions at the onset, peak and disappearance of serum alprazolam, while caffeine level remained constant. The dose-response curve (DRC) method of Pöch permitted an ext...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Lau CE,Wang J

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Increased anxiety is a characteristic of the acute ethanol withdrawal syndrome. Repeated exposure of rats to withdrawal from chronic ethanol increases sensitivity to seizures. OBJECTIVES:We investigated whether repeated withdrawal experience increases withdrawal-induced anxiety and stress, and if it changes ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Borlikova GG,Le Merrer J,Stephens DN

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progabide inhibited male rat sexual behavior at a dose of 200 mg/kg. This dose had only modest effects on ambulatory activity and no effect at all on motor coordination as evaluated by a rotarod test. The GABAA antagonist bicuculline, at a dose of 1 mg/kg, blocked the effects of progabide on sex behavior. In contrast,...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Agmo A,Paredes RG,Sierra L,Garcés I

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BIMT 17, the only compound reported to be a full 5-HT1A agonist and a 5-HT2A antagonist at the frontal cortex, was assessed in three animal paradigms sensitive to antidepressants in rats: olfactory bulbectomy (OB), differential-reinforcement-of-low rate 72-s (DRL 72-s) and learned helplessness (LH). In the OB rats, BI...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Borsini F,Cesana R,Kelly J,Leonard BE,McNamara M,Richards J,Seiden L

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：:Previous studies have shown that dihydropyridine (DHP) calcium channel blockers can potentiate yawning induced by apomorphine in rats. The present study was undertaken to examine whether or not this interaction was seen with other compounds that induce yawning or if it represented a specific interaction with dopaminer...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Bourson A,Moser PC

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlordiazepoxide (5 and 10 mg/kg) and diazepam (2.5 mg/kg) reduced the latency to eat and enhanced feeding response to familiar food in a food-preference test. The increased feeding response resulted from an increased frequency of individual eating episodes (bouts) without significant change in the episode duration. E...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Cooper SJ

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：:Dopamine (DA), injected unilaterally into rat forebrain after pretreatment with a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, equipotently induced locomotor arousal when placed in the nucleus accumbens septi (a limbic site) and contralateral deviation of the head when placed in the corpus striatum (an extrapyramidal target); testing...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Campbell A,Yeghiayan S,Baldessarini RJ,Neumeyer JL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Nearly 25% of American adults remain regular smokers. Current smokers may be especially likely to possess characteristics that impair their ability to quit, such as impulsivity. Impulsive individuals may be overly prone to smoke because they are particularly drawn to rewarding stimuli and related cues. The...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Doran N,Spring B,McChargue D

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:We recently reported that simultaneous exposure to amphetamine and various stressors resulted in reduced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) and glycemic responses to the stressors. Since this is a new and relevant phenomenon, we wanted to further explore this interaction. OBJECTIVES:This study aims (i) to ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Gagliano H,Ortega-Sanchez JA,Nadal R,Armario A

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel nicotinic agonist 1-acetyl-4-methylpiperazine (AMP) has been studied in ligand-binding and behavioural studies. AMP methiodide potently inhibited [3H]-(-)-nicotine and [125I]-alpha-bungarotoxin binding to P2 membranes from rat brain and [125I]-alpha-bungarotoxin binding to rat skeletal muscles. AMP HCl also ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Garcha HS,Thomas P,Spivak CE,Wonnacott S,Stolerman IP

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Although the effects of D: -cycloserine (DCS) and valproic acid (VPA) on the facilitation of the extinction of fear-conditioned memory have been elucidated in animals, these effects have not been clearly confirmed in humans. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to determine the effect of DCS (100 mg) and VPA (400 mg) ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Kuriyama K,Honma M,Soshi T,Fujii T,Kim Y

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methamphetamine (MAP: 1 and 2 mg/kg SC) and caffeine (CAF: 1, 3, 10 and 30 mg/kg SC) dose-dependently increased ambulation in mice. Repeated administration (5 times at 3 to 4-day intervals) of MAP, but not CAF, induced sensitization to its effect. Furthermore, the mice repeatedly receiving CAF showed no significant ch...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Kuribara H

更新日期：1994-10-01 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：:The effect of the selective noradrenaline neurotoxin DSP4 on steady-state operant behaviour was examined using a quantitative behavioural paradigm based on Herrnstein's (1970) equation, which defines a hyperbolic relationship between steady-state response rate and reinforcement frequency in variable-interval schedules...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Morley MJ,Shah K,Bradshaw CM,Szabadi E

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of electroconvulsive shock (ECS) on the responsiveness to pain (measured by the hot-plate test) and on the characteristics of L-type calcium channels (measured as [3H]nitrendipine binding sites) in the cortex and hippocampus was tested on the Wistar rat. In animals receiving a single ECS, the calcium channe...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Antkiewicz-Michaluk L,Michaluk J,Romańska I,Vetulani J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:In humans, the retrieval of memories associated with an alcohol-related experience frequently evokes alcohol-seeking behaviour. The reconsolidation hypothesis states that a consolidated memory could again become labile and susceptible to disruption after memory retrieval. OBJECTIVES:The aim of our study was ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： von der Goltz C,Vengeliene V,Bilbao A,Perreau-Lenz S,Pawlak CR,Kiefer F,Spanagel R

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The behavioral effects following intrastriatal MPP+, the neurotoxic metabolite of MPTP, were evaluated in mice. Bilateral injections of 10 micrograms MPP+ to mice previously trained in the shuttle box paradigm produced a 66% decrease in striatal dopamine and significant deficits in all measures of conditioned avoidanc...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Wagner GC,Walsh SL

更新日期：1987-01-01 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

abstract：RATIONALE:Prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the startle reflex is a model of pre-attentional inhibitory function. The dopamine baseline in the nucleus accumbens plays a key role in PPI regulation as well as in the rewarding effects of cocaine. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive ability of PPI t...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Arenas MC,Navarro-Francés CI,Montagud-Romero S,Miñarro J,Manzanedo C

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing prevalence of smokeless tobacco use. However, very little descriptive information is available on the pattern of use. This study examines topographical features of smokeless tobacco use in a male college-age population (N = 56). Subjects were required to use smokeless tobacco ad lib. for a perio...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Hatsukami DK,Keenan RM,Anton DJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Several studies have demonstrated that males with a family history of alcoholism (FHP) show less of a response to alcohol (e.g. lower ratings of intoxication) than males without a family history of alcoholism (FHN). The purpose of this pilot study was to determine if FHP females also showed a reduced sensitiv...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Evans SM,Levin FR

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MA rats, bred for greater motor impairment following subhypnotic doses of ethanol, were found to be more sensitive to the hypnotic effects of phenobarbital and chloral hydrate than were LA rats. In addition, the previously reported finding of a difference between the two lines of rats in duration of loss of righting r...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Riley EP,Shapiro NR,Lochry EA

更新日期：1979-02-28 00:00:00