title: 5-HT2C receptors are involved in the discriminative stimulus effects of citalopram in rats.
abstract: Rats were trained on a fixed ratio 10, food-reinforced schedule to recognize a discriminative stimulus (DS) elicited by the selective serotonin (5-HT) reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), citalopram (2.5 mg/kg, IP). The preferential, high efficacy agonist at 5-HT2C receptors, Ro60-0175, dose-dependently generalized to citalopram with an ED50 of 0.3 mg/kg, IP. Further, the selective 5-HT2C receptor antagonist, SB242,084, dose-dependently (ED50=0.1 mg/kg, IP) blocked the citalopram DS. These data suggest that 5-HT2C receptors are involved in the DS properties of the SSRI, citalopram, in rats. They do not, however, exclude a potential role of other 5-HT receptor types.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Recherches Servier, Psychopharmacology Department, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Millan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Girardon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dekeyne
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015283:Citalopram / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D044405:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D015283:Citalopram; D044405:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors