title: Effects of CGRP on active avoidance behavior in rats.
abstract: The effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) on the extinction of active avoidance behaviour was examined in rats. Three doses (250 ng, 500 ng and 1 microgram) of the peptide were administered into the lateral brain ventricle (i.c.v.). CGRP delayed the extinction of an active avoidance response in a dose-dependent manner. To reveal any role of the transmitter systems in the action of exogenously administered CGRP, the animals were pretreated with different receptor blockers. CGRP induced a delay in the extinction of an active avoidance response, which could be prevented by haloperidol, propranolol, methysergide and naloxone. Phenoxybenamine, atropine and bicuculline were ineffective. The data suggest that dopaminergic, beta adrenergic, serotonergic and opiate transmission are involved in the CGRP-induced behavioral alterations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, A. Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Hungary.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Telegdy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001143:Arousal / Q000187:drug effects; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005108:Extinction, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects*; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000187:drug effects*; D009949:Orientation / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000187:drug effects; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide