Relationship Between Emotional Behavior in Mice and the Concentration of (+)-α-Santalol in the Brain
Relationship Between Emotional Behavior in Mice and the Concentration of (+)-α-Santalol in the Brain
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DOI:
10.1002/ptr.5372
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发表时间:
2015-08-01
影响因子:
7.2
通讯作者:
Koike, Kazuo
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作者:
Satou, Tadaaki;Ogawa, Yuko;Koike, Kazuo
We previously reported finding anxiolytic-like activity for sandalwood oil after administration in mice. In this report, we further investigated the emotional behavior associated with inhaled or intraperitoneally administered (+)--santalol, the main component of sandalwood oil, in addition to examining whether pharmacological or neurological transfers are responsible for this behavior. After administration of (+)--santalol by inhalation or intraperitoneal injection, we assessed anxiolytic-like and locomotor activities using elevated-plus maze tests. We also examined the relationship between the emotional behavior and the (+)--santalol brain concentration. Anxiolytic-like activity was not observed immediately after administration or after water-immersion stress for 24h for either the (+)--santalol 2L/L air inhalation or the (+)--santalol 0.03mL/kg (i.p.) administration. However, mice administered (+)--santalol 0.03mL/kg intraperitoneally exhibited a significant decrease in the locomotor activity after exposure to water-immersion stress for 24h. The brain (+)--santalol concentration was 2.6 mu g/g tissue after (+)--santalol 0.03mL/kg (i.p.) administration. The observed shift of (+)--santalol to the brain suggests that this component acts via pharmacological transfer and is responsible for the sedative effect but not the anxiolytic-like activity. Copyright (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.