Reversal of helpless behavior in rats by putative 5-HT1A agonists.
This study is designed to measure effects of serotonin 1A (5-HT1A) agonists on escape deficits produced by inescapable shock in rats--a model of learned helplessness. Rats were first exposed to 60 inescapable shocks (15-sec duration, 0.8 mA, every 1 min +/- 15 sec), and 48 hr later, they were subjected to daily 15-min shuttle-box sessions (30 trials/day) on 3 consecutive days. Twice daily intraperitoneal injection of buspirone (total daily dose of 0.5 and 1 mg/kg), gepirone (0.06 and 0.125 mg/kg), 8-OH dipropylamino-tetralin (8-OH-DPAT) (0.03, 0.06, 0.125, and 0.25 mg/kg), and ipsapirone (TVXQ 7821) (0.03 and 0.06 mg/kg) eliminated escape failures. This indicates that an antidepressant-like effect--reversal of helpless behavior--can be obtained with drugs assumed to stimulate serotonin 1A receptors.
D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D000818:Animals; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects*; D002065:Buspirone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004924:Escape Reaction; D006380:Helplessness, Learned; D008297:Male; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D009281:Naphthalenes; D011743:Pyrimidines; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; C043077:ipsapirone; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; C039979:gepirone; D002065:Buspirone