title: 5-HT2c receptor activation induces grooming behaviour in rats: possible correlations with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
abstract: Excessive self-grooming in animal models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is regarded as an equivalent of compulsive behaviour in OCD patients. Previous studies have suggested a key modulatory role of certain serotonin2 receptor subtypes both in grooming behaviour and OCD. Certain 5-HT2 receptor agonists were reported to exacerbate symptoms in OCD patients. Here we report that activation of the serotonin2c (5-HT2c) receptor induces self-grooming in rats, which result supports the hypothesis that selective stimulation of central 5-HT2c receptors exacerbates symptoms also in OCD. The present findings may help to understand serotonergic mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders of the obsessive-compulsive spectrum and may progress the development of novel anxiolytic and anti-OCD medications.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Experimental Medicine, National Institute for Psychiatry and Neurology.
authors.forename: Márton
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gráf
mesh_terms: D000631:Aminopyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D006120:Grooming / Q000187:drug effects; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011804:Quinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D044405:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C / Q000378:metabolism*; D058826:Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists; D058830:Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Antagonists; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C107820:6-chloro-5-methyl-1-((2-(2-methylpyrid-3-yloxy)pyrid-5-yl)carbamoyl)indoline; D000631:Aminopyridines; D007211:Indoles; D010879:Piperazines; D011804:Quinolines; D044405:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C; C118948:SB 215505; D058826:Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists; D058830:Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Antagonists; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; C015068:1-(3-chlorophenyl)piperazine