title: MK-801, a noncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonist, elicits circling behavior in the genetically inbred Balb/c mouse strain.
abstract: The Balb/c mouse is behaviorally hypersensitive to effects of MK-801 (dizocilpine), a noncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonist, and displays impaired sociability. In the current investigation, MK-801-elicited circling behavior in the genetically inbred Balb/c mouse strain that was either not or only minimally observed in similarly treated outbred Swiss-Webster mice. The ability of compounds to attenuate the intensity of MK-801-elicited circling behavior in the Balb/c mouse strain may serve as a preclinical screening paradigm for identifying effective NMDA receptor agonist interventions in the intact animal; ideally, these compounds would have therapeutic value in neuropsychiatric disorders associated with impaired sociability, such as schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA 23507-1912, United States.
authors.forename: Jessica A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Burket
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Cannon
authors.forename: Luis F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Jacome
authors.forename: Stephen I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Deutsch
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000633:toxicity*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate