title: Quetiapine produces a prolonged reversal of the sensorimotor gating-disruptive effects of basolateral amygdala lesions in rats.
abstract: Prepulse inhibition (PPI) of startle is impaired in schizophrenia and in rats after manipulations of limbic cortical and subcortical regions. The atypical antipsychotic quetiapine was used to reverse PPI deficits after basolateral amygdala (BLA) lesions in rats. BLA quinolinic acid lesions significantly disrupted PPI 1 week postsurgery. Tests with quetiapine (0 vs. 7.5 mg/kg) in a within-subject design 2-3 weeks postsurgery revealed a normalization of PPI. Carry-over effects lasted up to 3 weeks, with a return of lesion-induced deficits by Week 5 postsurgery. This dose of quetiapine also blocked the PPI-disruptive effects of phencyclidine. PPI deficits after BLA lesions are reversed by quetiapine, in a manner that is sustained beyond its acute pharmacological effects and which may be mediated downstream from the BLA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla 92093-0804, USA.
authors.forename: Jody M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Shoemaker
authors.forename: Leia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pitcher
authors.forename: Hea Ran
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.forename: Neal R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Swerdlow
mesh_terms: D000679:Amygdala / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003987:Dibenzothiazepines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013216:Reflex, Startle / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D003987:Dibenzothiazepines; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate