title: Acute effects of maprotiline on learning, anxiety, activity and analgesia in male and female mice.
abstract: The acute effects of maprotiline (2.5, 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 mg/kg) on learning, anxiety, activity and analgesia in male and female mice were evaluated. In addition to inhibitory avoidance learning, anxiety and locomotor activity were measured in the same animals using an elevated plus-maze. A study of the acute effects of maprotiline (15, 20 or 25 mg/kg) on analgesia was carried out in naive animals of both sexes. Maprotiline impaired inhibitory avoidance at doses of 15, 20 or 25 mg/kg. The highest dose produced an anxiolytic effect in females, and the doses of 20 and 25 mg/kg reduced locomotor activity. Analgesia was observed with the highest dose. The impairment of inhibitory avoidance by maprotiline would seem to be independent of the drug's influence on anxiety, is not shadowed by an instrumental performance deficit and, at least in the case of the highest dose, could be influenced by the drug's effects on analgesia. It is hypothesized that acquisition is the memory process principally affected by maprotiline, and in particular stimuli processing. The lack of sex differences in the effects of maprotiline on inhibitory avoidance supports the generalization of findings previously obtained only in males.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychobiology, University of Valencia, Blasco Ibañez 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain. concepcion.vinader@uv.es.
authors.forename: Concepción
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vinader-Caerols
authors.forename: Ana Josefa
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Martos
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Monleón
authors.forename: M Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Arenas
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parra
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia; D000818:Animals; D018687:Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D007858:Learning / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008376:Maprotiline / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects*; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D018687:Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation; D008376:Maprotiline