The effect of bilateral ventral noradrenaline bundle lesions on lever pressing for food in rats.

abstract：RATIONALE:Threatening social stimuli were used in this study as aversive conditions to test anxiety in lactating female mice. The odors of potential infanticidal males or the "stress odor" left by restrained mice represented two aversive conditions that have been suggested to modulate the time spent by the mothers to r...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Mandillo S,D'Amato FR

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats may produce ultrasonic vocalizations (USV) in threatening situations. USV of adult male rats in association with aversive stimulation was evaluated as a screening method for anxiolytic drugs. The triazolobenzodiazepine alprazolam, the 5-HT uptake inhibitors fluvoxamine and clomipramine, the mixed 5-HT/NA uptake i...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Molewijk HE,van der Poel AM,Mos J,van der Heyden JA,Olivier B

更新日期：1995-01-01 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:Although both contain behaviourally significant concentrations of caffeine, tea is commonly perceived to be a less stimulating drink than coffee. At least part of the explanation for this may be that theanine, which is present in tea but not coffee, has relaxing effects. There is also some evidence that thean...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Rogers PJ,Smith JE,Heatherley SV,Pleydell-Pearce CW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Buprenorphine, a partial mu opioid agonist, is an experimental medication under development for the treatment of opioid dependence as an alternative to methadone maintenance. The present study examined the relationship between level of opioid physical dependence and response to buprenorphine administration as part of ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Walsh SL,June HL,Schuh KJ,Preston KL,Bigelow GE,Stitzer ML

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Subthreshold smokers (who smoke < or =5 cigarettes/day) experience withdrawal symptoms, yet they smoke less than is required to maintain serum nicotine levels. OBJECTIVES:For study 1, our aim was to determine (1) if adult subthreshold smokers report withdrawal symptoms; (2) how they rate symptom severity; (3...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Fernando WW,Wellman RJ,Difranza JR

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Information is sparse on neurotransmitter deficiencies in frontotemporal dementia (FTD), in particular with reference to distinct histological subgroups and Alzheimer's disease (AD). OBJECTIVES:To evaluate in FTD with the major histologies, and compare with AD and controls, neurotransmission indices, as thes...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Bowen DM,Procter AW,Mann DM,Snowden JS,Esiri MM,Neary D,Francis PT

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Cannabinoid antagonists purportedly have greater effects in reducing the intake of highly palatable food compared to less palatable food. However, this assertion is based on free-feeding studies in which the amount of palatable food eaten under baseline conditions is often confounded with other variables, suc...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Buckley JL,Rasmussen EB

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The efficacy of methadone for treating heroin dependence derives, in part, from suppression of opiate withdrawal and attenuation of the effects of heroin. OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this double-blind, within-subject, inpatient study was to determine whether larger doses of methadone, which are more effective ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Donny EC,Walsh SL,Bigelow GE,Eissenberg T,Stitzer ML

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Each morning eight adults with caffeine versus placebo discrimination histories ingested letter-coded capsules containing 100 mg caffeine or placebo and then engaged in a relaxation or vigilance activity. Subjects were first exposed to caffeine and placebo once each with each activity. Then each day for 10 days subjec...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Silverman K,Mumford GK,Griffiths RR

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The non-selective nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) agonist nicotine has been argued to improve attention via enhanced filtering of irrelevant stimuli. Here, we tested this hypothesis in the context of smooth pursuit eye movements (SPEMs), an oculomotor function previously shown to improve with nicotin...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Meyhöfer I,Kasparbauer AM,Steffens M,Ettinger U

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Young adult rats (5 months) were compared with aged (28 months) rats in their ability to learn and perform in a diazepam drug discrimination. Both groups of rats were drug naive at the onset of the experiment. Adult and aged animals learned to discriminate diazepam. In general, the response rates under both drug and v...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Amrick CL,Bennett DA

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：RATIONALE:Delaying presentation of a drug can decrease its effectiveness as a reinforcer, but the effect of delaying punishment of drug self-administration is unknown. OBJECTIVE:This study examined whether a histamine injection could punish cocaine self-administration in a drug-drug choice, whether delaying histamine ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Woolverton WL,Freeman KB,Myerson J,Green L

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were made hyperphagic by 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) injected bilaterally into the ventral midbrain; then they were restricted to a 6 h/day feeding schedule and tested for appetite suppression with amphetamine and fenfluramine in randomized order. Amphetamine anorexia was diminished while fenfluramine anorexia was...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Ahlskog JE,Randall PK,Hernandez L,Hoebel BG

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to compare the therapeutic and adverse effects of tranylcypromine (a monoamine oxidase inhibitor), nortriptyline (a tricyclic antidepressant), and placebo. A total of 122 depressed outpatients randomly assigned to double-blind treatment with one of these agents completed the 4-week protocol. Tr...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： White K,Razani J,Cadow B,Gelfand R,Palmer R,Simpson G,Sloane RB

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The predatory behavior of ferrets (Putorius putorius furo L.) consists mainly of instinctive behavioral patterns that are elicited by simple external stimuli. For the ferret, the time needed to catch and kill rats depends on the size of the rats in relation to that of the ferret. Killing success decreases with a relat...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Apfelbach R

更新日期：1978-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has for many years relied on psychostimulants, particularly various formulations of amphetamines and methylphenidate. These are central nervous system stimulants and are scheduled because of their abuse potential. Atomoxetine (atomoxetine hydrochlor...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Upadhyaya HP,Desaiah D,Schuh KJ,Bymaster FP,Kallman MJ,Clarke DO,Durell TM,Trzepacz PT,Calligaro DO,Nisenbaum ES,Emmerson PJ,Schuh LM,Bickel WK,Allen AJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Comorbidity with gambling disorder (GD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) is well documented. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of our study was to examine the influence of genetic alcohol drinking tendency on reward-guided decision making behavior of rats and the impact of dopamine releaser D-amphetamine on this behavior....

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Oinio V,Sundström M,Bäckström P,Uhari-Väänänen J,Kiianmaa K,Raasmaja A,Piepponen P

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Excess consumption of alcohol leads to impaired cognition and decision making; hence, alcohol-containing products and advertising contain warning messages about the adverse effects of excess drinking. However, there is a need to understand how alcohol influences the processing of advisory messages. METHOD:The curr...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Phillips JG,Ogeil RP

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single doses of amantadine hydrochloride and placebo were administered in a double-blind cross-over design on separate days to ten actively craving cocaine abusers in treatment. Pharmacological treatment did influence cocaine craving, but amantadine was less effective than placebo. ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Gawin FH,Morgan C,Kosten TR,Kleber HD

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to investigate thoroughly the preclinical psychopharmacological profile of venlafaxine, testing a wide range of doses in animal models indicative of antidepressant-like effects. Venlafaxine was found to be active in mouse forced swimming test (at 8, 16, 32 and 64 mg/kg) and to increase...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Redrobe JP,Bourin M,Colombel MC,Baker GB

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The endogenous oxytocin system has emerged as an inhibitor of drug-seeking and stress in preclinical models. OBJECTIVES:The goal of this study was to examine whether systemic oxytocin administration attenuated methamphetamine (METH)-seeking in rats pre-exposed to a predator odor threat. METHODS:In Experimen...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Ferland CL,Reichel CM,McGinty JF

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Recent studies have shown that metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) can modulate N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor function in vivo. For example, the mGluR5 antagonist, 2-methyl-6-(phenylethynyl)-pyridine (MPEP) can potentiate PCP (phencyclidine)-evoked hyperactivity and PCP-induced disruptions in pr...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Campbell UC,Lalwani K,Hernandez L,Kinney GG,Conn PJ,Bristow LJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 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：:The behavioral effects of intraventricularly (IVT) administered (-)-nicotine on food-maintained behavior were studied. Rats responded by pressing a lever under various fixed ratio (FR) schedules. Infusion of 5 microgram of (-)-nicotine suppressed responding under an FR 16 schedule for 11-13 min. The effect was inverse...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： DeNoble VJ,Dragan VP,Carron L

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Neurobiological models of addiction suggest that abnormalities of brain reward circuitry distort salience attribution and inhibitory control processes, which in turn contribute to high relapse rates. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study is to determine whether impairments of salience attribution and inhibitory c...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Powell J,Dawkins L,West R,Powell J,Pickering A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results confirm that NMDA receptor blockade can result in improved retention performance of mice in step-down passive avoidance. A series of behavioural variations and analyses revealed that memory in the task depended mainly on the appearance of the grid that had been associated with shock, rather than on the exe...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Weiskrantz L,Mondadori C

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the locomotor stimulant effects of the atypical antipsychotic agent, olanzapine, in mice depleted of their dopamine by reserpine and alpha-methyl-DL-p-tyrosine pretreatment. Olanzapine (0.5, 1 and 2 mg/kg) dose-dependently increased locomotor activity, which was complete...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Ninan I,Kulkarni SK

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to define the nature of the involvement of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) with central cholinergic neurotransmission, the effects of THC on direct cholinergic stimulation of the rat brain were investigated. THC, in doses of 3 mg/kg and 6 mg/kg, administered intraperitoneally (i.p.), potentiated the e...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Duncan GE,Dagirmanjian R

更新日期：1979-02-28 00:00:00