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Niigaki ST, Silva RH, Patti CL, Cunha JLS, Kameda SR, Correia-Pinto JC, Takatsu-Coleman AL, Levin R, Abílio VC, Frussa-Filho R. Amnestic effect of cocaine after the termination of its stimulant action. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2010; 34:212-8. [PMID: 19932146 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2009.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2009] [Revised: 10/21/2009] [Accepted: 11/11/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The effects of cocaine on memory are controversial. Furthermore, the psychostimulant action of cocaine can be a critical issue in the interpretation of its effects on learning/memory models. The effects of a single administration of cocaine on memory were investigated during the presence of its motor stimulating effect or just after its termination. The plus-maze discriminative avoidance task (PM-DAT) was used because it provides simultaneous information about memory, anxiety and motor activity. In Experiment I, mice received saline, 7.5, 10, 15 or 30 mg/kg cocaine 5 min before the training session. In Experiment II, mice were trained 30 min after the injection of saline, 7.5, 10, 15 or 30 mg/kg cocaine. In Experiment III, mice received 30 mg/kg cocaine 30 min pre-training and pre-test. In Experiment IV, mice received 30 mg/kg cocaine immediately post-training. Tests were always conducted 24 h following the training session. Given 5 min before training, cocaine promoted a motor stimulant effect at the highest dose during the training session but did not impair memory. When cocaine was injected 30 min pre-training, the drug did not modify motor activity, but produced marked amnestic effects at all doses tested. This amnesia induced by cocaine given 30 min pre-training was not related to a state-dependent learning because it was not abolished by pre-test administration of the drug. Post-training cocaine administration did not induce memory deficits either. Our results suggest that the post-stimulant phase is the critical moment for cocaine-induced memory deficit in a discriminative task in mice.
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- S T Niigaki
- Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, R. Botucatu, 862, Ed. Leal Prado, 1 andar, 04023062, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Kameda SR, Frussa-Filho R, Carvalho RC, Takatsu-Coleman AL, Ricardo VP, Patti CL, Calzavara MB, Lopez GB, Araujo NP, Abílio VC, Ribeiro RDA, D'Almeida V, Silva RH. Dissociation of the effects of ethanol on memory, anxiety, and motor behavior in mice tested in the plus-maze discriminative avoidance task. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2007; 192:39-48. [PMID: 17242924 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-006-0684-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2006] [Accepted: 12/18/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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RATIONALE Several studies have shown the amnestic effects of ethanol (ETOH). However, while memory tasks in rodents can be markedly influenced by anxiety-like behavior and motor function, ETOH induces anxiolysis and different effects on locomotion, depending on the dose. OBJECTIVE Verify the effects of ETOH in mice tested in the plus-maze discriminative avoidance task (PMDAT) concomitantly evaluating memory, anxiety-like behavior, and motor behavior. METHODS ETOH acutely or repeatedly treated mice were submitted to the training session in a modified elevated plus-maze with two open and two enclosed arms, aversive stimuli in one of the enclosed arms, and tested 24 h later without aversive stimuli. Learning/memory, locomotion, and anxiety-related behavior were evaluated by aversive arm exploration, number of entries in all the arms and open arms exploration, respectively. RESULTS Acute ETOH: (1) either increased (1.2-1.8 g/kg) or decreased (3.0 g/kg) locomotion; (2) decreased anxiety levels (1.2-3.0 g/kg); and (3) induced learning deficits (1.2-3.0 g/kg) and memory deficits (0.3-3.0 g/kg). After repeated treatment, sensitization and tolerance to hyperlocomotion and anxiolysis induced by 1.8 g/kg ETOH were observed, respectively, and tolerance to the amnestic effect of 0.6 (but not 1.8) g/kg ETOH occurred. CONCLUSION Neither the anxiolytic nor the locomotor effects of ETOH seem to be related to its amnestic effect in the PMDAT. Additionally, data give support to the effectiveness of the PMDAT in simultaneously evaluating learning, memory, anxiety-like behavior, and motor activity by different parameters. Possible relationships between the behavioral alterations found are discussed.
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- S R Kameda
- Departamento de Pediatria, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Araujo NP, Fukushiro DF, Cunha JLS, Levin R, Chinen CC, Carvalho RC, Ribeiro ICP, Gomes DC, Abílio VC, Silva RH, Ribeiro RDA, Frussa-Filho R. Drug-induced home cage conspecifics' behavior can potentiate behavioral sensitization in mice. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2006; 84:142-7. [PMID: 16753204 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2005] [Revised: 04/10/2006] [Accepted: 04/25/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The effect of home cage conspecifics' behavior on locomotor sensitization to amphetamine (AMP) or ethanol (ETOH) were investigated. Female mice were repeatedly treated with saline or AMP (2.0 mg/kg for 13 days--Experiment 1) or saline or ETOH (1.8 g/kg for 21 days--Experiment 2) in home cages where all the animals had the same treatment (homogeneous home cages--HOM-HC) or in home cages where half of the animals were drug-treated and half of them were saline-treated (heterogeneous home cages--HET-HC). Behavioral sensitization was evaluated by the quantification of open-field locomotor activity after AMP or ETOH challenge injection, respectively. In both experiments, behavioral sensitization was potentiated in HOM-HC maintained animals. These results suggest that the behavioral sensitization phenomenon can be modified by home cage conspecifics' behavior.
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- N P Araujo
- Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Patti CL, Kameda SR, Carvalho RC, Takatsu-Coleman AL, Lopez GB, Niigaki ST, Abílio VC, Frussa-Filho R, Silva RH. Effects of morphine on the plus-maze discriminative avoidance task: role of state-dependent learning. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2006; 184:1-12. [PMID: 16341847 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-0238-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2005] [Accepted: 10/20/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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RATIONALE The amnesic effects of morphine may be related to its action on nociception, anxiety, or locomotion. This effect is also suggested to be related to state dependency. OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were to verify the effects of morphine on mice tested in the plus-maze discriminative avoidance task (DAT) that uses light and noise as aversive stimuli and allows the concomitant evaluation of learning, memory, anxiety, and locomotion and also to verify the possible role of state-dependent learning in the effects of morphine. METHODS AND RESULTS The DAT was conducted in a modified elevated plus-maze. In the training, the aversive stimuli were applied when mice entered in one of the enclosed arms, whereas in the test, no stimuli were applied. The main results showed that (1) pretraining morphine (5-20 mg/kg i.p.) induced retrieval deficits (evaluated by the time spent in the aversive arm in the test) but not acquisition deficits (evaluated by the decrease in aversive arm exploration along the training); (2) pretest morphine (5-10 but not 20 mg/kg) counteracted this deficit; (3) morphine induced hypolocomotion (decreased number of entries in the arms), irrespective of memory alterations; and (4) morphine did not alter anxiety-like behavior (evaluated by the time spent in the open arms) during the training. CONCLUSIONS Morphine given before training induces retrieval deficits in mice tested in the DAT, and these deficits could be related to morphine-induced state-dependent learning. Neither the memory deficit induced by pretraining morphine nor the reversal of this deficit by pretest morphine seems to be related to anxiety levels or locomotor alterations.
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- C L Patti
- Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 862-Ed. Leal Prado, 04023-062 São Paulo, Brazil
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Castro JPMV, Frussa-Filho R, Fukushiro DF, Chinen CC, Abílio VC, Silva RH. Effects of long-term continuous exposure to light on memory and anxiety in mice. Physiol Behav 2005; 86:218-23. [PMID: 16083922 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2004] [Revised: 06/07/2005] [Accepted: 07/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The studies on the relationship between the light/dark cycle and memory function mostly used protocols of acute disruption of the circadian rhythm. The aim of the present study is to verify the effects of long-term continuous exposure to light on memory, anxiety and motor parameters of mice tested in the plus-maze discriminative avoidance task. Mice were conditioned to choose between the two enclosed arms (one aversive and one non-aversive) while avoiding the open arms of a modified elevated plus-maze apparatus. Memory was evaluated by the time spent in the aversive enclosed arm, anxiety was evaluated by the time spent in the open arms and locomotor behavior was evaluated by number of entries in the arms of the maze. The results showed that long-term (35-42 days) continuous light exposure did not modify memory or anxiety parameters but increased locomotor activity. While the increase in locomotor behavior is in line with previous studies, the unexpected absence of alterations in memory and anxiety (reported to be influenced by the circadian rhythm) is discussed.
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- J P M V Castro
- Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
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Ricardo VP, Frussa-Filho R, Silva RH, Lopez GB, Patti CL, Zanier-Gomes PH, Araujo NP, Lima AJO, Carvalho RC, Kameda SR, Abílio VC. Effects of social isolation on aging-induced orofacial movements in rats. Physiol Behav 2005; 86:203-8. [PMID: 16095638 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2004] [Revised: 05/28/2005] [Accepted: 07/12/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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World population is becoming older, and aging is a common risk factor for a number of pathologies. In this respect, it is important to study possible factors that could modify alterations implicated in the process of aging. The aim of the present study is to verify the effects of social isolation on the expression of orofacial movements in adult and old rats. Adult and old rats were housed isolated for 5 days or kept in their home cages in groups of six. Before and after this period, orofacial movements and open-field general activity were evaluated. Aging-induced orofacial movements were abolished by isolation. On the other hand, isolated adult rats presented an increase in orofacial movements. General activity was decreased by aging but was not modified by isolation. Our results indicate that social isolation produces different effects in adult and old rats, and these effects are specific for orofacial movements and not related to a decrease in general motor activity.
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- V P Ricardo
- Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Edifício José Leal Prado, Brazil
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Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) show behavioural differences when compared to their strain-matched controls. These differences include decreased anxiety-like behaviour in SHR, while both improved performance and behavioural deficits have been reported in learning/memory studies. Considering that alterations in anxiety levels during the training session can modify retention performance in animal models of memory, the aim of the present study was to investigate the role of anxiety levels in the performance of SHR rats in the plus-maze discriminative avoidance task (PM-DAT), in which memory and anxiety are evaluated simultaneously. Adult (5-month-old) and young (45-day-old) SHR and normotensive Wistar rats (NWR) were treated with chlordiazepoxide (CDZ) or saline. Thirty minutes later, rats were submitted to the PM-DAT training session. After 24 h, the test session was performed. The results showed that: (1) adult SHR showed lower anxiety levels compared to adult NWR; (2) adult SHR and NWR, as well as young NWR, showed significant retention of the task, while young SHR showed impaired performance; (3) 5.0 mg/kg CDZ decreased anxiety levels in adult NWR and young and adult SHR; (4) 5.0 mg/kg CDZ impaired retention in adult SHR and NWR and increased retention in young SHR. Our data suggest an important role of anxiety levels in the performance of SHR in a plus-maze discriminative avoidance task.
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- M B Calzavara
- Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Calzavara MB, Patti CL, Lopez GB, Abílio VC, Silva RH, Frussa-Filho R. Role of learning of open arm avoidance in the phenomenon of one-trial tolerance to the anxiolytic effect of chlordiazepoxide in mice. Life Sci 2005; 76:2235-46. [PMID: 15733938 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.10.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2004] [Accepted: 10/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A single exposure to the elevated plus-maze (EPM) test of anxiety reduces or abolishes the anxiolytic efficacy of benzodiazepines on a second trial. Some possible explanations to the occurrence of this phenomenon (one-trial tolerance-OTT) involve behavioral modifications thought to be consequence of some kind of learning in the first trial. In the present study, the influence of learning-impairing situations on the effects of the benzodiazepine chlordiazepoxide on mice re-tested in the EPM is investigated. The results showed that: (1) as expected, the administration of chlordiazepoxide to mice re-tested in the EPM- under the same conditions of the first trial- failed to induce anxiolysis; (2) a decreased percent time in the open arms was observed on the second trial of mice exposed to both trials under the same experimental conditions; (3) neither the increase in open arm avoidance by mice re-exposed to the EPM nor the OTT to chlordiazepoxide effect were modified by administration of the amnestic agent scopolamine; (4) the decrement of the duration of the first trial to 1 min or the change in light and noise conditions in both trials counteracted the increase in open arm avoidance on trial 2; (5) none of the later procedures modified the phenomenon of OTT. Although not discarding the modulation exerted by other memory processes in the OTT phenomenon, the results indicate that situations that impair the learned avoidance response to the open arms in the EPM do not modify the phenomenon of OTT.
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- M B Calzavara
- Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Botucatu 862, Edifício José Leal Prado, CEP 04023-062, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Silva RH, Chehin AB, Kameda SR, Takatsu-Coleman AL, Abílio VC, Tufik S, Frussa-Filho R. Effects of pre- or post-training paradoxical sleep deprivation on two animal models of learning and memory in mice. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2004; 82:90-8. [PMID: 15341794 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2004.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2003] [Revised: 03/31/2004] [Accepted: 04/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to verify the effects of pre- or post-training paradoxical sleep (PS) deprivation in mice tested in the passive and the plus-maze discriminative avoidance tasks. Three-month-old Swiss male mice were placed in narrow platforms in a water tank for 72 h to prevent the occurrence of PS. Control animals were kept in the same room, but in their home cages. Before or after this period, the animals were submitted to the training session of one of the behavioral tasks. The test sessions were performed 3 and 10 days after the training. The animals that were PS-deprived before the training session showed retention deficits in the test sessions performed 3 days later in both tasks (decreased latency to enter the dark chamber of the passive avoidance apparatus or increased percent time spent in the aversive arm of the plus-maze discriminative avoidance apparatus). Animals that were PS deprived after the training session showed no differences from control animals in the test sessions performed 3 days after the training in any of the tasks, but showed passive and discriminative avoidance retention deficits in the test performed 10 days after the training. The results suggest that both pre- and post-training paradoxical sleep deprivation produce memory deficits in mice. However, these effects have different temporal characteristics.
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- R H Silva
- Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Abílio VC, Silva RH, Carvalho RC, Grassl C, Calzavara MB, Registro S, D'Almeida V, Ribeiro RDA, Frussa-Filho R. Important role of striatal catalase in aging- and reserpine-induced oral dyskinesia. Neuropharmacology 2004; 47:263-72. [PMID: 15223305 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2004.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2004] [Revised: 04/06/2004] [Accepted: 04/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Tardive dyskinesia, the most serious iatrogenic movement disorder, has been tentatively associated with nigrostriatal dopaminergic supersensitivity and with oxidative stress. It is also suggested that long-term neuroleptic treatment does not cause oral dyskinesia (OD), but interacts with some substrate of brain aging, resulting in the premature emergence of OD, that can occur spontaneously with aging. In order to investigate a possible role of nigrostriatal dopaminergic supersensitivity and of oxidative stress in aging- and reserpine-induced OD, the stereotyped behavior induced by dopaminergic agonists, a functional index of dopaminergic striatal activity, as well as the striatal antioxidant enzymes glutathione peroxidase and catalase were assessed. We demonstrate that, opposite to normotensive Wistar rats (NWR), spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) do not develop aging- or reserpine-OD. There were no differences between NWR and SHR in stereotyped behavior or in striatal glutathione peroxidase activity. Adult and old SHR presented higher striatal catalase activity relative to NWR, and aging increased it only in SHR. The catalase inhibitor aminotriazole reverted the absence of aging- and reserpine-induced OD in SHR. Our results suggest an important role of striatal catalase in the development of reserpine- and aging-induced OD.
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- V C Abílio
- Department of Pharmacology, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Edificio José Leal Prado-Rua Botucatu, 862 CEP 04023-062 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Silva RH, Abílio VC, Takatsu AL, Kameda SR, Grassl C, Chehin AB, Medrano WA, Calzavara MB, Registro S, Andersen ML, Machado RB, Carvalho RC, Ribeiro RDA, Tufik S, Frussa-Filho R. Role of hippocampal oxidative stress in memory deficits induced by sleep deprivation in mice. Neuropharmacology 2004; 46:895-903. [PMID: 15033349 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2003.11.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2003] [Revised: 11/14/2003] [Accepted: 11/25/2003] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Numerous animal and clinical studies have described memory deficits following sleep deprivation. There is also evidence that the absence of sleep increases brain oxidative stress. The present study investigates the role of hippocampal oxidative stress in memory deficits induced by sleep deprivation in mice. Mice were sleep deprived for 72 h by the multiple platform method-groups of 4-6 animals were placed in water tanks, containing 12 platforms (3 cm in diameter) surrounded by water up to 1 cm beneath the surface. Mice kept in their home cage or placed onto larger platforms were used as control groups. The results showed that hippocampal oxidized/reduced glutathione ratio as well as lipid peroxidation of sleep-deprived mice was significantly increased compared to control groups. The same procedure of sleep deprivation led to a passive avoidance retention deficit. Both passive avoidance retention deficit and increased hippocampal lipid peroxidation were prevented by repeated treatment (15 consecutive days, i.p.) with the antioxidant agents melatonin (5 mg/kg), N-tert-butyl-alpha-phenylnitrone (200 mg/kg) or vitamin E (40 mg/kg). The results indicate an important role of hippocampal oxidative stress in passive avoidance memory deficits induced by sleep deprivation in mice.
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- R H Silva
- Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Botucatu, 862 Ed. Leal Prado, CEP 04023-062 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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The effects of risperidone, an atypical neuroleptic, were investigated on two animal models of tardive dyskinesia (TD). The repeated administration of reserpine (1.0mg/kg) or haloperidol (2.0mg/kg) induces orofacial movements in mice, which are very similar to those observed in humans presenting TD. The effects of acute or repeated treatment with several doses of risperidone (0.1; 0.5; 2.0 or 4.0) on the expression and development of orofacial movements in reserpine- and haloperidol-treated male mice were investigated. The results showed that risperidone per se did not induce the development of orofacial movements. In addition, this drug was able to attenuate the expression and the development of reserpine-as well as haloperidol-induced orofacial movements. These results are in line with several clinical studies that suggest not only a lower incidence of TD in schizophrenic patients treated with risperidone, but also an antidyskinetic effect of this drug in patients previously treated with classical neuroleptics.
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- R C Carvalho
- Departamento de Farmacologia, UNIFESP, Rua Botucatu, 862-Ed Leal Prado, São Paulo, SP, CEP 04023-062, Brazil
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Abílio VC, Vera JAR, Ferreira LSM, Duarte CRM, Carvalho RC, Grassl C, Martins CR, Torres-Leite D, Bignotto M, Tufik S, Ribeiro RDA, Frussa-Filho R. Effects of melatonin on orofacial movements in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2002; 161:340-7. [PMID: 12073160 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-002-1081-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2001] [Accepted: 02/20/2002] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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RATIONALE While reserpine-induced oral movements (OM), an animal model of tardive dyskinesia, are more persistent in old than in adult rats, old animals present spontaneous OM, which are phenomenologically similar to those presented by reserpine-treated adult rats. We postulate that these OM may be the result of oxidative stress induced by both age and reserpine treatment. OBJECTIVES We intended to determine the preventative effects of exogenous melatonin (one of the most important endogenous antioxidants) as well as suppression of endogenous melatonin via continuous exposure to light on reserpine- or age-induced OM in rats. METHODS Adult (4 months of age) male Wistar rats were repeatedly treated with saline or melatonin (5 mg/kg, IP) and saline or reserpine and kept under a 12-h light/dark cycle for quantification of reserpine-induced OM as well as oxidative stress (via quantification of lipid peroxidation). To verify the effects of endogenous melatonin suppression on reserpine-induced OM, adult rats were repeatedly treated with saline or reserpine and continuously exposed to light. To verify the effects of exogenous melatonin on age-induced OM older (20 months of age) rats were long-term treated with saline or melatonin and kept under a 12-h light/dark cycle. RESULTS Melatonin attenuated both reserpine- and age-induced OM. Reserpine enhanced striatal lipid peroxidation, that was prevented by melatonin co-administration. Continuous exposure to light increased spontaneous as well as reserpine-induced OM, indicating that endogenous melatonin may be involved in this movement disorder. CONCLUSIONS We suggested that melatonin attenuates both reserpine- and age-induced OM in rats.
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- V C Abílio
- Department of Pharmacology, Escola Paulista de Medicina/UNIFESP, Edifício José Leal Prado, Rua Botucatu, 862, CEP 04023-062 São Paulo, Brazil
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BACKGROUND This study examines the effects of long-term continuous exposure to light on dopaminergic supersensitivity induced by repeated treatment with haloperidol in rats. METHODS Spontaneous general activity in an open-field (SGA) and stereotyped behavior induced by apomorphine (SB-APO) or amphetamine (SB-AMP) were used as experimental parameters. Rats were allocated to four groups in each experiment: saline-treated animals kept under a 12-hour light/dark cycle (LD) or 24-hour light/light cycle (LL), and 2 mg/kg haloperidol-treated animals kept under the above cycles. Plasma corticosterone concentration was also measured by radioimmunoassay in saline-treated rats kept under a LD or LL cycle. RESULTS All the behavioral parameters used showed the development of central dopaminergic supersensitivity in rats kept under both cycles. Continuous exposure to light enhanced SGA and SB-AMP in both saline- and haloperidol-treated rats, but did not modify SB-APO. Animals kept under the LL cycle presented an increased plasma corticosterone concentration. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that continuous exposure to light leads to an increase in dopaminergic function in both normal and "supersensitive" rats. This effect seems to be mediated by a presynaptic mechanism possibly involving corticosterone actions.
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- V C Abílio
- Departamento de Farmacologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina/UNIFESP, Săo Paulo, Brazil
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The effects of age were studied on a new animal model of tardive dyskinesia, i.e., the quantification of oral dyskinesia in rats repeatedly treated with reserpine. Adult and old rats received two injections of reserpine (0.5 or 1.0 mg/kg s.c.) or vehicle, separated by 48 h. One, 10, 25 and 40 days after the second injection of reserpine or vehicle, the animals were observed for quantification of the behavioral parameters of oral dyskinesia: tongue protrusion and vacuous chewing movement frequencies and duration of twitching of the facial musculature. Phenomenologically, control old rats and reserpine-treated adult animals showed very similar oral dyskinesia. When compared to control adult rats, the significant increase in tongue protrusion frequency induced by reserpine treatment was more persistent in the old rats than in the adult animals. Because it is well known that age increases the persistence of tardive dyskinesia, our data provide further support for the validation of reserpine-induced oral dyskinesia as an animal model of tardive dyskinesia. In addition, the possibility is raised that a common pathophysiological mechanism may underlie tardive dyskinesia and age- and reserpine-induced oral dyskinesia.
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- M Bergamo
- Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina, Brazil
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Frussa-Filho R, Abílio VC, Bergamo M, Palermo-Neto J. Behavioural subsensitivity induced by long-term administration of a low dose of haloperidol to rats. J Pharm Pharmacol 1997; 49:412-5. [PMID: 9232539 DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.1997.tb06815.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
This study examines the effects on open-field and stereotyped behaviour of rats of abrupt withdrawal from repeated treatment with a low (0.03 mg kg-1) dose of haloperidol. Single administration of this low dose of haloperidol significantly increased open-field locomotion without modifying apomorphine (0.5 or 2.0 mg kg-1)-induced stereotyped behaviour. Forty-eight hours after abrupt withdrawal from 0.03 mg kg-1 haloperidol (twice daily for 15 days) a significant decrease in locomotion frequency was observed, but no change was observed in apomorphine-induced stereotypy. Our results suggest that dopamine autoreceptor supersensitivity might be evaluated in a behavioural situation of absence of postsynaptic dopamine receptor supersensitivity.
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Affiliation(s)
- R Frussa-Filho
- Department of Pharmacology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
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