title: Effects of 5-HT1A receptor agonists, partial agonists and a silent antagonist on the performance of the conditioned emotional response test in the rat.
abstract: In the present study, the effects of 5-HT1A receptor ligands with varying degrees of intrinsic activity at the 5-HT1A receptor were examined in the conditioned emotional response (CER) test and their effects compared to those of the benzodiazepine receptor agonists, diazepam and chlordiazepoxide. Diazepam (3.0 mg/kg) and chlordiazepoxide (3.0 mg/kg), and the 5-HT1A receptor partial agonists, ipsapirone (10.0 mg/kg) and gepirone (3.0 mg/kg), alleviated conditioned suppression of lever pressing. The 5-HT1A receptor partial agonist, buspirone (0.1-1.0 mg/kg), the 5-HT1A receptor agonist, 8-OH-DPAT (0.01-0.10 mg/kg), and the 5-HT1A receptor antagonist, WAY-100635 (0.03-3.0 mg/kg), had no effects on conditioned fear. Neither enhancing the level of food deprivation nor pretreatment with the amnesic agent scopolamine induced anxiolytic-like effects in the present CER test. The anxiolytic-like effects of ipsapirone in this test were completely reversed by WAY-100635. These results indicate that 5-HT1A agonist, but not antagonist actions, induce an anxiolytic effect in the CER test in rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropharmacology, Wyeth Research Ltd., Taplow, Maidenhead, Bucks, UK.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Stanhope
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Dourish
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D002707:Chlordiazepoxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D003216:Conditioning, Operant / Q000187:drug effects*; D003975:Diazepam / Q000494:pharmacology; D004597:Electroshock; D005508:Food Deprivation; D008297:Male; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D012601:Scopolamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D018490:Serotonin Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists; D010879:Piperazines; D011725:Pyridines; D011743:Pyrimidines; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D018490:Serotonin Agents; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; C043077:ipsapirone; D002707:Chlordiazepoxide; C090413:N-(2-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl)ethyl)-N-(2-pyridinyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide; D012601:Scopolamine; C039979:gepirone; D003975:Diazepam