title: Neurophysiological effects of buspirone and isapirone in the hippocampus: comparison with 5-hydroxytryptamine.
abstract: The neurophysiological effects of two novel anxiolytic compounds, buspirone and isapirone (TVX Q 7821), were compared with those of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) on the population spike in the CA1 region of the rat hippocampal slice. Micromolar concentrations of the two drugs mimicked the inhibitory effect of 5-HT but unlike 5-HT they did not produce any significant excitation. In slices in which 5-HT was purely excitatory, there was a marked reduction in the inhibitory response to these agents. The effect of isapirone was antagonised by spiperone. These results suggest that buspirone and isapirone are agonists for 5-HT1A receptors in the hippocampus.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002065:Buspirone; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013134:Spiperone / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D011743:Pyrimidines; D012701:Serotonin; D013134:Spiperone; C043077:ipsapirone; D002065:Buspirone