Effect of serotonergic drugs on footshock‐induced ultrasonic vocalization in adult male rats
Effect of serotonergic drugs on footshock‐induced ultrasonic vocalization in adult male rats
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血清素药物对成年雄性大鼠足部电击超声发声的影响
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Connie Sánchez
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作者:
Connie Sánchez
Modulation of ultrasonic vocalization (20–30 kHz) emitted by adult rats under stressful conditions such as unavoidable foot- shock has been evaluated as a model of anxiety. The effects of 5-HT1A receptor agonists with different intrinsic activities and the role of other 5-HT1 receptor subtypes, and of 5-HT2 and 5-HT3 receptors, in mediation of ultrasonic vocalization were studied, as were the effects of increasing serotonergic activity by administration of the 5-HT releaser fenfluramine or the 5-HT precursor 1–5-HTP. The time spent vocalizing 1–6 min after four inescapable (1.0 mA) footshocks was recorded. Drugs with affinity for 5-HT1A receptors (i.e. 8-OHDPAT, flesinoxan, ipsapirone, buspirone, gepirone, NAN-190) abolished the vocalization irrespective of their efficacy. The mixed 5-HT, receptor and β-adrenoceptor antagonists (-)-alprenolol and pindolol inhibited foot-shock-induced ultrasonic vocalization, whereas (-)-penbutolol was ineffective. The β1-adrenoceptor antagonist metoprolol and the β2-adrenoceptor antagonist ICI 118.551 were without effect. This suggests that (-)-alprenolol and pindolol act as partial 5-HT1 agonists in the test model. The non-selective 5-HT1 receptor agonists eltoprazine, m-CPP and 5-MeODMT and the 5-HT2 receptor agonists DOI and d-LSD also abolished the vocalization, whereas the 5-HT2 receptor antagonist ritanserin and the 5-HT3 receptor antagonists ondansetron, ICS 205–930 and zacopride were without effect. (-)-Penbutolol reversed 8-OHDPAT-induced inhibition. Ritanserin reversed DOI-induced inhibition of ultrasonic vocalization, but not 8-OHDPAT-induced inhibition. This suggests that there is no functional interaction between 5-HT1A and 5-HT2 receptors in this model. Fenfluramine and 1–5-HTP dose-dependently inhibited footshock-induced ultrasonic vocalization. These findings indicate that the effect most likely is mediated by postsynaptic 5-HT receptors, although contribution by presynaptic 5-HT receptors cannot be excluded. In conclusion, this study indicates that 5-HT1A receptors and 5-HT2 receptors are involved in mediation of ultrasonic vocalization.