BEHAVIORAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CONSEQUENCES FOLLOWING ACTIVATION OF 5HT1-LIKE AND GABA RECEPTORS IN THE DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS OF THE RAT
BEHAVIORAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CONSEQUENCES FOLLOWING ACTIVATION OF 5HT1-LIKE AND GABA RECEPTORS IN THE DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS OF THE RAT
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DOI:
10.1016/0028-3908(88)90058-5
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发表时间:
1988-10-01
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
OAKLEY, NR
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作者:
HIGGINS, GA;BRADBURY, AJ;OAKLEY, NR
The behavioural and biochemical response to the 5-HT1-like receptor compounds, 5-carboxamidotryptamine (5-CT), 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino) tetralin (8-OH-DPAT), buspirone and ipsapirone and the GABA agonist, muscimol, injected into the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) are reported. All compounds increased social interaction under high light, unfamiliar conditions and increased punished responding in a Vogel conflict test. At doses ranging from 5-25 times greater than those which were effective in these anxiety models, muscimol, 5-CT and 8-OH-DPAT induced a marked hypotermia and a flattening of body posture. Buspirone, on the other hand, failed to induced a significant reduction in core temperature or produce a marked flattening of posture in all animals, even at doses 100 times those effective in anxiety models. Following injection of muscimol, 5-CT, 8-OH-DPAT and buspirone into the dorsal raphe nucleus, all tended to reduce the 5-HIAA:5-HT ratios in the frontal cortex, hippocampus and hypothalamus. These findings, together with available electrophysiological data suggest that these behavioural responses are a consequence of a depression of the firing of cells in the dorsal raphe nucleus, with a corresponding decrease in functional activity of 5-HT in the forebrain.