title: Calcitonin-induced impairment in conditioning is antagonized by chronic antidepressant drug treatment.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to test the effect of calcitonin, when injected into the lateral ventricle, on conditioning behaviour and to see whether antidepressant drug treatment can antagonize calcitonin-induced impairment of this behaviour. Conditioned response by conditional stimulus (CS) was compared in control rat (CO) and in rats that received intraventricular perfusion of calcitonin (CA), acute antidepressant drug treatment (ADa), acute antidepressant drug treatment + calcitonin (ADa + CA), chronic antidepressant drug treatment (21 days) + calcitonin the day after (ADc + CA). Control rats acquired easily the conditioned response, the CA group and ADa + CA had problems in making the correlation between CS and unconditional stimulus (US), and consequently did not acquire a conditioned response, but in the ADc + CA group, rats exhibited more conditioned responses. The results indicate that calcitonin disrupts conditioning processes and chronic but not acute antidepressant drug treatment can reverse the effects of calcitonin.
authors.affiliation: Unité d'Ecophysiologie, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Maroc.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aboufatima
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chait
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dalal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Beaurepaire
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects*; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D002997:Clomipramine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003214:Conditioning, Classical / Q000187:drug effects*; D004597:Electroshock; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D012701:Serotonin; C028815:salmon calcitonin; D002116:Calcitonin; D002997:Clomipramine