title: Intraseptal infusions of 8-OH-DPAT in the rat impairs water-maze performances: effects on memory or anxiety?
abstract: In the rat, 5-HT1A receptors are found on medial septal cholinergic neurons. The effects of intraseptal infusions of the 5-HT1A receptor agonist 8-OH-DPAT (8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propyl-amino)-tertralin) were assessed on reference memory performances in a water maze. Compared with vehicle infusions, 0.5 and 4 microg of 8-OH-DPAT significantly impaired (but did not prevent) acquisition of the task and probe-trial performances. The results suggest that activation of 5-TH1A receptors in the (medial) septal area impairs spatial learning, perhaps directly by reducing the hippocampal cholinergic tonus, or indirectly by an effect on anxiety.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Neurosciences Comportementales et Cognitives, LN2C, UMR 7521 du CNRS/Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lazarus
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jeltsch
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cassel
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001007:Anxiety / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002799:Cholinergic Fibers / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D044263:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT1; D012686:Septal Nuclei / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D044263:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT1; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin