Translational aspects of pharmacological research into anxiety disorders: the stress-induced hyperthermia (SIH) paradigm.
In anxiety research, the search for models with sufficient clinical predictive validity to support the translation of animal studies on anxiolytic drugs to clinical research is often challenging. This review describes the stress-induced hyperthermia (SIH) paradigm, a model that studies the activation of the autonomic nervous system in response to stress by measuring body temperature. The reproducible and robust SIH response, combined with ease of testing, make the SIH paradigm very suitable for drug screening. We will review the current knowledge on the neurobiology of the SIH response, discuss the role of GABA(A) and serotonin (5-HT) pharmacology, as well as how the SIH response relates to infectious fever. Furthermore, we will present novel data on the SIH response variance across different mice and their sensitivity to anxiolytic drugs. The SIH response is an autonomic stress response that can be successfully studied at the level of its physiology, pharmacology, neurobiology and genetics and possesses excellent animal-to-human translational properties.
Vinkers
Christiaan H
CH
Department of Psychopharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS) and Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands. c.h.vinkers@uu.nl
van Bogaert
Meg J V
MJ
Klanker
Marianne
M
Korte
S Mechiel
SM
Oosting
Ronald
R
Hanania
Taleen
T
Hopkins
Seth C
SC
Olivier
Berend
B
Groenink
Lucianne
L
D000818:Animals; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*
D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D012701:Serotonin