title: Inhibition of mouse killing behavior by serotonin-mimetic drugs: effects of partial alterations of serotonin neurotransmission.
abstract: Rats which do not kill mice and which acquire mouse killing behavior after partial lesion of the serotonin neurotransmission, either by p-chlorophenylalanine treatment or by electrolytical lesions of dorsal and median raphe nucleus, were treated by IP injection of serotonin-mimetics. The following drugs were used: 5-methoxy-N-N-dimethyl-tryptamine and 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin hydrobromide, serotonin-agonists, fluoxetine and citalopram, inhibitors of serotonin uptake. All these serotonin-mimetics inhibit mouse killing behavior without apparent secondary effects. When these compounds were tested on killer rats, a stronger antimuricidal effect was observed in rats having altered serotonin neurotransmission. These results support a role for the serotoninergic supersensitivity in a model of aggressive behavior.
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D000374:Aggression / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D015283:Citalopram; D010134:Fenclonine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008732:Methoxydimethyltryptamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D011437:Propylamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011903:Raphe Nuclei / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D008732:Methoxydimethyltryptamines; D011437:Propylamines; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; D005473:Fluoxetine; D015283:Citalopram; D012701:Serotonin; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D010134:Fenclonine