title: Buspirone effect on the development of antinociceptive reactions.
abstract: The anxiolytic agents, buspirone and diazepam, increase the paw lick latency of rats in the hot plate test, the effect being dose-dependent and exceeding that of morphine. The action of buspirone was not accompanied by ataxic and sedative effects which were observed in rats on diazepam. Buspirone (up to 25 mg/kg) and diazepam (up to 5 mg/kg) neither change the tail flick latency nor potentiate the action of morphine on the test. A buspirone dose of 2 mg/kg administered to animals before foot shock, or the dose of 1.5 mg/kg before cold swimming stress, led to a significant increase in hot plate latency 1 min after stress as compared to the control. The effect of buspirone on the paw lick reaction in rats may be related to the activation of antinociceptive mechanisms and inhibition of an emotional-motivational component of the pain reaction.
authors.affiliation: Central Research Institute of Reflex Therapy, Ministry of Health, MoscowU.S.S.R.
authors.forename: E O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Bragin
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Korneev
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Vasilenko
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002065:Buspirone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003975:Diazepam / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004338:Drug Combinations; D008297:Male; D009020:Morphine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000187:drug effects*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D051381:Rats; D011930:Reaction Time; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D004338:Drug Combinations; D009020:Morphine; D003975:Diazepam; D002065:Buspirone