title: Increase in the isolation-induced social behavioural deficit by agonists at 5-HT1A receptors.
abstract: The effect of 5-HT1A agonists was studied in the isolation-induced social behavioural deficit test. The drugs 8-OH-DPAT (0.125 mg/kg), buspirone (16 mg/kg) and ipsapirone (8 mg/kg) further increased the deficit. Unlike 8-OH-DPAT, the other two drugs may act non-specifically since they reduced spontaneous motor activity at 16 mg/kg, as measured in an activity meter. In addition, 8-OH-DPAT (0.25 mg/kg), buspirone (8 mg/kg) and ipsapirone (8 mg/kg) decreased exploratory activity in the open-field test. Since the smallest active doses were very close in the behavioural deficit and in the open-field tests, it is suggested that a common phenomenon, increased emotionality or reactivity, sustained both these reductions in activity. The increase in the behavioural deficit induced by 8-OH-DPAT, was likely to have resulted from stimulation of 5-HT1A receptors, since it was impaired by pretreatment with penbutolol, a beta-adrenergic-blocking drug, also known to bind to 5-HT1 receptors. Since it was previously shown that the behavioural deficit was reduced by agonists at 5-HT1B receptors, it is proposed that the behavioural inhibition, resulting from an isolation-induced increase in reactivity is bi-directionally modulated by serotonergic drugs, where 5-HT1A agonists increase and 5-HT1B agonists decrease this inhibition.
authors.affiliation: Département de Pharmacologie et INSERM U 302, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, l'Hôpital, Paris, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Francès
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khidichian
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Monier
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D000818:Animals; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002065:Buspirone / Q000494:pharmacology; D005106:Exploratory Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D010394:Penbutolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D012934:Social Isolation; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D010879:Piperazines; D011743:Pyrimidines; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; C018406:1-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)piperazine; C043077:ipsapirone; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D010394:Penbutolol; D002065:Buspirone