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Dong HW, Weiss K, Baugh K, Meadows MJ, Niswender CM, Neul JL. Potentiation of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor 1 modulates neurophysiological features in a mouse model of Rett syndrome. Neurotherapeutics 2024:e00384. [PMID: 38880672 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurot.2024.e00384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2024] [Revised: 06/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/09/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024] Open
Abstract
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder primarily caused by mutations in the X chromosome-linked gene Methyl-CpG Binding Protein 2 (MECP2). Restoring MeCP2 expression after disease onset in a mouse model of RTT reverses phenotypes, providing hope for development of treatments for RTT. Translatable biomarkers of improvement and treatment responses have the potential to accelerate both preclinical and clinical evaluation of targeted therapies in RTT. Studies in people with and mouse models of RTT have identified neurophysiological features, such as auditory event-related potentials, that correlate with disease severity, suggesting that they could be useful as biomarkers of disease improvement or early treatment response. We recently demonstrated that treatment of RTT mice with a positive allosteric modulator (PAM) of muscarinic acetylcholine subtype 1 receptor (M1) improved phenotypes, suggesting that modulation of M1 activity is a potential therapy in RTT. To evaluate whether neurophysiological features could be useful biomarkers to assess the effects of M1 PAM treatment, we acutely administered the M1 PAM VU0486846 (VU846) at doses of 1, 3, 10 and 30 mg/kg in wildtype and RTT mice. This resulted in an inverted U-shaped dose response with maximal improvement of AEP features at 3 mg/kg but with no marked effect on basal EEG power or epileptiform discharges in RTT mice and no significant changes in wildtype mice. These findings suggest that M1 potentiation can improve neural circuit synchrony to auditory stimuli in RTT mice and that neurophysiological features have potential as pharmacodynamic or treatment-responsive biomarkers for preclinical and clinical evaluation of putative therapies in RTT.
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- Hong-Wei Dong
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA; Vanderbilt University Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Vanderbilt University Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt Institute for Chemical Biology, Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA; Vanderbilt University Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Kostyalik D, Kelemen K, Lendvai B, Hernádi I, Román V, Lévay G. Response-related sensorimotor rhythms under scopolamine and MK-801 exposures in the touchscreen visual discrimination test in rats. Sci Rep 2022; 12:8168. [PMID: 35581280 PMCID: PMC9114334 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-12146-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
The human mu rhythm has been suggested to represent an important function in information processing. Rodent homologue rhythms have been assumed though no study has investigated them from the cognitive aspect yet. As voluntary goal-directed movements induce the desynchronization of mu rhythm, we aimed at exploring whether the response-related brain activity during the touchscreen visual discrimination (VD) task is suitable to detect sensorimotor rhythms and their change under cognitive impairment. Different doses of scopolamine or MK-801 were injected subcutaneously to rats, and epidural electroencephalogram (EEG) was recorded during task performance. Arciform ~ 10 Hz oscillations appeared during visual processing, then two characteristic alpha/beta desynchronization-resynchronization patterns emerged mainly above the sensorimotor areas, serving presumably different motor functions. Beyond causing cognitive impairment, both drugs supressed the touch-related upper alpha (10–15 Hz) reactivity for desynchronization. Reaction time predominantly correlated positively with movement-related alpha and beta power both in normal and impaired conditions. These results support the existence of a mu homologue rodent rhythm whose upper alpha component appeared to be modulated by cholinergic and glutamatergic mechanisms and its power change might indicate a potential EEG correlate of processing speed. The VD task can be utilized for the investigation of sensorimotor rhythms in rats.
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- Diána Kostyalik
- Cognitive Pharmacology Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology and Drug Safety, Gedeon Richter Plc., Gyömrői út 19-21, Budapest, 1103, Hungary
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- Cognitive Pharmacology Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology and Drug Safety, Gedeon Richter Plc., Gyömrői út 19-21, Budapest, 1103, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology and Drug Safety, Gedeon Richter Plc., Budapest, 1103, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology and Drug Safety, Gedeon Richter Plc., Budapest, 1103, Hungary.,Department of Experimental Zoology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, 7622, Hungary.,Institute of Physiology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, 7622, Hungary.,Grastyán Translational Research Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, 7622, Hungary.,Szentágothai Research Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, 7622, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology and Drug Safety, Gedeon Richter Plc., Budapest, 1103, Hungary
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- Cognitive Pharmacology Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology and Drug Safety, Gedeon Richter Plc., Gyömrői út 19-21, Budapest, 1103, Hungary. .,Department of Morphology and Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, 1085, Hungary.
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Stoiljkovic M, Kelley C, Stutz B, Horvath TL, Hajós M. Altered Cortical and Hippocampal Excitability in TgF344-AD Rats Modeling Alzheimer's Disease Pathology. Cereb Cortex 2020; 29:2716-2727. [PMID: 29920597 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Revised: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Current findings suggest that accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) and hyperphosphorylated tau in the brain disrupt synaptic function in hippocampal-cortical neuronal networks leading to impairment in cognitive and affective functions in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Development of new disease-modifying AD drugs are challenging due to the lack of predictive animal models and efficacy assays. In the present study we recorded neural activity in TgF344-AD rats, a transgenic model with a full array of AD pathological features, including age-dependent Aβ accumulation, tauopathy, neuronal loss, and cognitive impairments. Under urethane anesthesia, TgF344-AD rats showed significant age-dependent decline in brainstem-elicited hippocampal theta oscillation and decreased theta-phase gamma-amplitude coupling comparing to their age-matched wild-type counterparts. In freely-behaving condition, the power of hippocampal theta oscillation and gamma power during sharp-wave ripples were significantly lower in TgF344-AD rats. Additionally, these rats showed impaired coherence in both intercortical and hippocampal-cortical network dynamics, and increased incidence of paroxysmal high-voltage spindles, which occur during awake, behaviorally quiescent state. TgF344-AD rats demonstrated impairments in sensory processing, having diminished auditory gating and 40-Hz auditory evoked steady-state response. The observed differences in neurophysiological activities in TgF344-AD rats, which mirror several abnormalities described in AD patients, may be used as promising markers to monitor disease-modifying therapies.
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- Milan Stoiljkovic
- Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Drinkenburg WHIM, Ruigt GSF, Ahnaou A. Pharmaco-EEG Studies in Animals: An Overview of Contemporary Translational Applications. Neuropsychobiology 2016; 72:151-64. [PMID: 26901596 DOI: 10.1159/000442210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The contemporary value of animal pharmaco-electroencephalography (p-EEG)-based applications are strongly interlinked with progress in recording and neuroscience analysis methodology. While p-EEG in humans and animals has been shown to be closely related in terms of underlying neuronal substrates, both translational and back-translational approaches are being used to address extrapolation issues and optimize the translational validity of preclinical animal p-EEG paradigms and data. Present applications build further on animal p-EEG and pharmaco-sleep EEG findings, but also on stimulation protocols, more specifically pharmaco-event-related potentials. Pharmaceutical research into novel treatments for neurological and psychiatric diseases has employed an increasing number of pharmacological as well as transgenic models to assess the potential therapeutic involvement of different neurochemical systems and novel drug targets as well as underlying neuronal connectivity and synaptic function. Consequently, p-EEG studies, now also readily applied in modeled animals, continue to have an important role in drug discovery and development, with progressively more emphasis on its potential as a central readout for target engagement and as a (translational) functional marker of neuronal circuit processes underlying normal and pathological brain functioning. In a similar vein as was done for human p-EEG studies, the contribution of animal p-EEG studies can further benefit by adherence to guidelines for methodological standardization, which are presently under construction by the International Pharmaco-EEG Society (IPEG).
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Leroy C, Bourriez JL, Dujardin K, Molaee-Ardekani B, Babiloni C, Deplanque D, Ponchel A, Hennion S, Plomhause L, Devanne H, Deguil J, Payoux P, Blin O, Méligne D, Micallef J, Chauveau N, Lanteaume L, Vervueren C, Guimont F, Thalamas C, Cassé-Perrot C, Rouby F, Bordet R, Derambure P. A 15-day course of donepezil modulates spectral EEG dynamics related to target auditory stimuli in young, healthy adult volunteers. Clin Neurophysiol 2015; 130:863-875. [PMID: 26699666 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2015] [Revised: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To identify possible electroencephalographic (EEG) markers of donepezil's effect on cortical activity in young, healthy adult volunteers at the group level. METHODS Thirty subjects were administered a daily dose of either 5mg donepezil or placebo for 15days in a double-blind, randomized, cross-over trial. The electroencephalogram during an auditory oddball paradigm was recorded from 58 scalp electrodes. Current source density (CSD) transformations were applied to EEG epochs. The event-related potential (ERP), inter-trial coherence (ITC: the phase consistency of the EEG spectrum) and event-related spectral perturbation (ERSP: the EEG power spectrum relative to the baseline) were calculated for the target (oddball) stimuli. RESULTS The donepezil and placebo conditions differed in terms of the changes in delta/theta/alpha/beta ITC and ERSP in various regions of the scalp (especially the frontal electrodes) but not in terms of latency and amplitude of the P300-ERP component. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that ITC and ERSP analyses can provide EEG markers of donepezil's effects in young, healthy, adult volunteers at a group level. SIGNIFICANCE Novel EEG markers could be useful to assess the therapeutic potential of drug candidates in Alzheimer's disease in healthy volunteers prior to the initiation of Phase II/III clinical studies in patients.
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- Christopher Leroy
- INSERM U1171, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France.
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- INSERM U1171, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France
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- INSERM U1171, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France; Department of Neurology and Movement Disorders, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France
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- INSERM U1171, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- INSERM U1171, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France; Department of Medical Pharmacology, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France; CIC 1403 INSERM-CHU, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France
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- INSERM U1171, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France; Department of Medical Pharmacology, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France
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- INSERM U1171, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France
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- INSERM U1171, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France; ULCO, Calais, France
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- INSERM U1171, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France; Department of Medical Pharmacology, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France
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- INSERM UMR 825 Brain Imaging and Neurological Dysfunctions, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, and CNRS UMR 7289, CIC-CPCET, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- INSERM UMR 825 Brain Imaging and Neurological Dysfunctions, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, and CNRS UMR 7289, CIC-CPCET, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- INSERM UMR 825 Brain Imaging and Neurological Dysfunctions, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, and CNRS UMR 7289, CIC-CPCET, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- INSERM UMR 825 Brain Imaging and Neurological Dysfunctions, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, and CNRS UMR 7289, CIC-CPCET, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology, INSERM CIC 1436, Toulouse University Medical Center, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, and CNRS UMR 7289, CIC-CPCET, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, and CNRS UMR 7289, CIC-CPCET, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- INSERM U1171, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France; Department of Medical Pharmacology, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France
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- INSERM U1171, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France
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Deng A, Liang X, Sun Y, Xiang Y, Yang J, Yan J, Sun W. Scopolamine attenuates auditory cortex response. Acta Otolaryngol 2015; 135:1132-7. [PMID: 26144861 DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2015.1064996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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CONCLUSION Scopolamine, a tropane alkaloid drug that mainly acts as an antagonist of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, was found to reduce the local field potentials (LFP) of auditory cortex (AC) evoked by tone and gap-offsets whose effects may compensate the cortical hyperexcitability related to tinnitus. OBJECTIVE To study the effects of scopolamine on the AC and the inferior colliculus (IC) of awake rats in order to understand scopolamine's effect on tinnitus and gap detection. METHOD Silent gaps (duration varied from 2-100 ms) embedded in otherwise continuous noise were used to elicit AC and IC response. Gap evoked AC and IC field potentials were recorded from awake rats before and after treatment of scopolamine (3 mg/kg, i.m.). RESULTS Acute injection of scopolamine (3 mg/kg, i.m.) induced a significant reduction of the AC response, but not the IC response, to the offset of the gaps embedded in white noise. The results suggest that scopolamine may reduce AC neural synchrony.
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- Anchun Deng
- a 1 Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University , Chongqing, PR China
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- a 1 Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University , Chongqing, PR China
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- b 2 Center for Hearing and Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo , Buffalo, NY, USA
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- a 1 Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University , Chongqing, PR China
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- a 1 Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University , Chongqing, PR China
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- a 1 Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University , Chongqing, PR China
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- b 2 Center for Hearing and Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo , Buffalo, NY, USA
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Smucny J, Stevens KE, Olincy A, Tregellas JR. Translational utility of rodent hippocampal auditory gating in schizophrenia research: a review and evaluation. Transl Psychiatry 2015; 5:e587. [PMID: 26101850 PMCID: PMC4490287 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2015.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Revised: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Impaired gating of the auditory evoked P50 potential is one of the most pharmacologically well-characterized features of schizophrenia. This deficit is most commonly modeled in rodents by implanted electrode recordings from the hippocampus of the rodent analog of the P50, the P20-N40. The validity and effectiveness of this tool, however, has not been systematically reviewed. Here, we summarize findings from studies that have examined the effects of pharmacologic modulation on gating of the rodent hippocampal P20-N40 and the human P50. We show that drug effects on the P20-N40 are highly predictive of human effects across similar dose ranges. Furthermore, mental status (for example, anesthetized vs alert) does not appear to diminish the predictive capacity of these recordings. We then discuss hypothesized neuropharmacologic mechanisms that may underlie gating effects for each drug studied. Overall, this review supports continued use of hippocampal P20-N40 gating as a translational tool for schizophrenia research.
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- J Smucny
- Neuroscience Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
- Research Service, Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Research Service, Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
- Research Service, Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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