title: Adaptive behavior in active and passive rats after intranasal administration of corticotrophin-releasing hormone.
abstract: Rats with high (KHA) and low (KLA) rates of acquiring active avoidance reflexes were used to study the effects of intranasal administration of corticotrophin-releasing hormone on orientational-investigative behavior in an open field and anxiety in an elevated cross maze. Administration of the neurohormone induced opposite changes in the behavior of the rats of these lines in the two tests. In KLA rats, movement and investigative activity increased, while in KHA rats these behaviors decreased. In the elevated maze, KLA rats, unlike KHA rats, showed increases in the time spent in the open arms, which was evidence for a decrease in anxiety in these animals. Thus, intranasal hormone administration completely reproduced the effects seen after administration into the striatum. It is suggested that corticotrophin-releasing hormone is an endogenous factor for the detailed and appropriate correction of adaptive behavior.
authors.affiliation: I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 6 Makarov Bank, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Shalyapina
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Rakitskaya
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Petrova
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Mironova
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D000818:Animals; D001007:Anxiety / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000502:physiology*; D005106:Exploratory Behavior / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone