title: The selective serotonin(2A) receptor antagonist, MDL100,907, elicits a specific interoceptive cue in rats.
abstract: Employing a two-lever, food-reinforced, Fixed Ratio 10 drug discrimination procedure, rats were trained to recognize the highly-selective serotonin (5-HT)(2A) receptor antagonist, MDL100,907 (0.16 mg/kg, i.p.). They attained criterion after a mean +/- S.E.M. of 70 +/- 11 sessions. MDL100,907 fully generalized with an Effective Dose (ED)(50) of 0.005 mg/kg, s.c. A further selective 5-HT(2A) antagonist, SR46349, similarly generalized with an ED(50) of 0.04 mg/kg, s.c. In distinction, the selective 5-HT(2B) antagonist, SB204,741 (0.63 and 10.0 mg/kg), the 5-HT(2B/2C) antagonist, SB206,553 (0.16 and 2.5 mg/kg) and the selective 5-HT(2C) antagonists, SB242,084 (2.5 and 10.0 mg/kg,) and RS102221 (2.5 and 10.0 mg/kg), did not significantly generalize. In conclusion, selective blockade of 5-HT(2A) receptors by MDL100,907 elicits a discriminative stimulus in rats which appears to be specifically mediated via 5-HT(2A) as compared with 5-HT(2B) and 5-HT(2C) receptors.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Recherches Servier, Centre de Recherches de Croissy, Psychopharmacology Department, 125 Chemin de Ronde, 78290-Croissy-sur-Seine, France.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dekeyne
authors.forename: Loretta
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Iob
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hautefaye
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Millan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003463:Cues; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005464:Fluorobenzenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005795:Generalization, Stimulus / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D044402:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D005464:Fluorobenzenes; D010880:Piperidines; D044402:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; C079049:volinanserin