MK801- and scopolamine-induced amnesias are reversed by an Amazonian herbal locally used as a "brain tonic".

abstract：:Acamprosate (calcium-acetyl homotaurinate) is a new compound used in the treatment of alcohol abuse. Because of the putative link between alcoholism and the endogenous opioid systems in both humans and laboratory animals, we tested in rats the effects of acamprosate on behavioral and neurochemical effects of opioid dr...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Spanagel R,Sillaber I,Zieglgänsberger W,Corrigall WA,Stewart J,Shaham Y

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the Pavlovian conditioning model of alcohol tolerance, two groups of eight male social drinkers each received five administrations of alcohol and five administrations of an equal volume of tonic each, on an alternating basis, during the initial 10-session tolerance development phase of the study. Group 1 recei...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Shapiro AP,Nathan PE

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Amphetamine administration has been found to affect the degree of cerebral dominance for motor control in animals. In humans, cerebral dopamine neurotransmission is also correlated to motor dominance. Since language dominance is related to motor dominance, amphetamine might also affect cerebral dominance for ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Sommer IE,Oranje B,Ramsey NF,Klerk FA,Mandl RC,Westenberg HG,Kahn RS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy) produces an acute release of 5-HT in the brain, together with increased locomotion and hyperthermia. OBJECTIVE:This study examined whether the acute functional changes of locomotor activity and body temperature are related to enhanced 5-HT release induced by ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Rodsiri R,Spicer C,Green AR,Marsden CA,Fone KC

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present studies were undertaken to investigate the neuroactive steroidal modulation of feeding behavior and possible involvement of gamma-aminobutyric acid type-A (GABA-A) and mitochondrial diazepam binding inhibitor (DBI) receptors (MDR) in food-deprived male mice. Allopregnanolone (0.5-2 mg/kg), a neurosteroid, ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Reddy DS,Kulkarni SK

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied striatal D2 dopamine binding in schizophrenic patients treated with the novel atypical antipsychotic drug, olanzapine. 123I iodobenzamide (IBZM) single photon emission tomography (SPET) was used to estimate striatal dopamine D2 receptor binding in vivo. Patients were recruited from a prospective, doubl...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Pilowsky LS,Busatto GF,Taylor M,Costa DC,Sharma T,Sigmundsson T,Ell PJ,Nohria V,Kerwin RW

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists (e.g., PCP, ketamine) have been shown to impair learning/memory. Well documented in animal models, only limited research in humans has been reported. Findings to date are similar to results of animal studies; however, antagonists are typically administered befo...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： LaPorte DJ,Blaxton TA,Michaelidis T,Robertson DU,Weiler MA,Tamminga CA,Lahti AC

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Exposure to a single session of uncontrollable inescapable shock (IS), but not to identical controllable escapable shock, produces a potentiation of morphine's rewarding properties that is unusual in that the stressor can be given a number of days before the drug administration in an environment quite differe...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Will MJ,Der-Avakian A,Bland ST,Grahn RE,Hammack SE,Sparks PD,Pepin JL,Watkins LR,Maier SF

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2,4-Dithiobiuret (DTB) is a sulfonated derivative of urea that is used as a reducing agent in chemical manufacture. Its low acute toxicity to rodents belies a peripherally mediated, delayed-onset muscle weakness which develops during repeated daily exposure. In experiment 1, a standard dose regimen of DTB (0.5 mg/kg p...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Bushnell PJ,Oshiro WM

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Behavioral disturbances (BD) are prevalent in patients with substance use disorders (SUD). OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that chronic exposure to cocaine could favor the acquisition of BD that were not present in childhood. METHODS:We used child and adult ADHD self-report screening scales (WURS-25 and A...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Vorspan F,de Witt P,Zerdazi EH,Karsinti E,Ksouda K,Icick R,Bellivier F,Marie N,Brousse G,Bloch V

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：: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：: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：:Various dopamine receptor antagonists have divergent clinical and neurochemical properties. The relative ability of anticholinergics (benztropine and scopolamine) to reverse these drugs was assessed in squirrel monkeys and rats performing a Sidman avoidance task. In monkeys, benztropine markedly attenuated the effects...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Liebman JM,Neale R,Noreika L,Braunwalder A

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abnormalities of membrane phospholipid metabolism have been described in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We investigated, with the aid of (31)P magnetic resonance spectroscopy, the in vivo intracerebral availability of phosphomonoesters (PME) and phosphodiesters (PDE) in patients with AD. METHODS:Eighteen outpati...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Forlenza OV,Wacker P,Nunes PV,Yacubian J,Castro CC,Otaduy MC,Gattaz WF

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Past research has found that exposure to alcohol cues causes a narrowing of attentional scope and enhances the neural responses associated with approach motivation. OBJECTIVE:The current research sought to determine if a manipulated broadened (global) attentional scope would reduce approach-motivated neural ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Ryerson NC,Neal LB,Gable PA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dosage regimen adjustments because of poor renal function are often assumed to be unnecessary for extensively metabolized antidepressants. This assumption is being increasingly questioned in recognition of the role of active drug metabolites. The purpose of this study was to assess the steady-state accumulation of the...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： DeVane CL,Laizure SC,Cameron DF

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, evidence has emerged showing that the behavioural and hormonal features of fear extinction are altered as a result of reproductive experience in both rats and humans. The current set of experiments sought to determine whether reproductive experience also alters the molecular features of fear extinction. In a...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Tang S,Graham BM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Increasing concomitant abuse of cocaine and morphine-like opioids has prompted a number of studies aimed at understanding how these drugs interact. OBJECTIVE:The present study was designed to determine if variations in opioid pretreatment time would affect how mu opioid agonists interact with cocaine. METHO...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Green-Jordan K,Warren L,Kantak KM

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare matched paliperidone-ER- and olanzapine-treated schizophrenic patients on measures of glucose and lipid metabolism. METHODS:Eighty hospitalized patients with schizophrenia (DSM-IV) were randomly assigned to treatment with paliperidone ER or olanzapine for a period of 12 weeks. At baseline and ever...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Hu S,Yao M,Peterson BS,Xu D,Hu J,Tang J,Fan B,Liao Z,Yuan T,Li Y,Yue W,Wei N,Zhou W,Huang M,Xu Y

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) are gut derived hormones. GLP-1 and GLP-2 were shown to have pleiotropic effects in intestinal and pancreatic diseases. OBJECTIVE:We aimed to investigate the activities of GLP-1 and GLP-2 on nociception and inflammation in mice, involving th...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Aykan DA,Kesim M,Ayan B,Kurt A

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of acute nicotine administration, following a 12-h cigarette deprivation period, using a computerized performance assessment battery (PAB). The PAB was comprised of five tasks which were selected to reflect a variety of complex acquired behaviors, sometimes referred ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Snyder FR,Henningfield JE

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:Intact male and ovariectomized female rats were trained to lever press under a random ratio (RR) schedule of food reinforcement. Effects of different doses of pentobarbital (1-16 mg/kg) and progesterone (10-80 mg/kg) on response output were studied. Low doses of pentobarbital increased responding, high doses decreased...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Heinsbroek RP,van Haaren F,Zantvoord F,van de Poll NE

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Previous work has shown that clozapine suppressed tacrine-induced jaw movements at lower doses than those required for suppression of lever pressing. OBJECTIVE:The novel atypical antipsychotic olanzapine was assessed in these behavioral tests. METHODS:The effect of acute olanzapine on the suppression of tac...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Trevitt JT,Carlson BB,Salamone JD

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Several antipsychotic drugs are metabolised by the polymorphic cytochrome P(450) CYP2D6. The impact of the polymorphism on the plasma levels and the occurrence of side effects have not been clearly established. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of the CYP2D6 polymorphism on the steady-state plasma concentr...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Jaanson P,Marandi T,Kiivet RA,Vasar V,Vään S,Svensson JO,Dahl ML

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of diazepam (10 mg orally) on the responding of normal human volunteers was studied in a procedure that involved the maintenance of operant behavior by monetary reinforcement and its suppression by monetary loss (punishment). Diazepam produced an antipunishment effect as shown by an increase in behavior su...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Carlton PL,Siegel JL,Murphree HB,Cook L

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin (5-HT) afferents may modulate the dopamine mesoaccumbens circuit, which has been shown to be critically involved in the locomotor stimulatory, discriminative stimulus, and rewarding properties of cocaine. In the present study, we investigated the role of 5-HT1A receptors in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) i...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： De La Garza R 2nd,Callahan PM,Cunningham KA

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pre-clinical and clinical studies have suggested that the antidepressant efficacy of escitalopram (ESC) can be augmented by co-administration of aripiprazole (ARI). OBJECTIVE:To establish if the effects of ESC + ARI can be altered by modulating the 5-HT1a receptor. METHODS:Sprague-Dawley male rats received ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Lapointe T,Hudson R,Daniels S,Melanson B,Zhou Y,Leri F

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Acute nicotine abstinence is associated with disruption of executive function and reward processes; however, the neurobiological basis of these effects has not been fully elucidated. METHODS:The effects of nicotine abstinence on brain function during reward-based probabilistic decision making were preliminar...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Addicott MA,Baranger DA,Kozink RV,Smoski MJ,Dichter GS,McClernon FJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00