The microinjection of a cannabinoid agonist into the accumbens shell induces anxiogenesis in the elevated plus-maze
| Autor: | Brunno Rocha Levone, Larissa Kochenborger, Marta Aparecida Paschoalini, Ana Paula Dambros Taschetto, Moacir Serralvo Faria, Mariana Graciela Terenzi, Eduardo Simão da Silva |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male Elevated plus maze medicine.medical_specialty Cannabinoid receptor Microinjections medicine.drug_class medicine.medical_treatment Clinical Biochemistry Arachidonic Acids Nucleus accumbens Anxiety Toxicology Biochemistry Nucleus Accumbens Behavioral Neuroscience Internal medicine medicine Animals Rats Wistar Maze Learning Saline Microinjection Biological Psychiatry Pharmacology Chemistry Cannabinoids Rats Endocrinology Anxiogenic Anesthesia Cannabinoid |
| Zdroj: | Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior. 124 |
| ISSN: | 1873-5177 |
| Popis: | This study investigated the effect of a cannabinoid agonist injected into the shell region of the nucleus accumbens (nAcb shell) on anxiety-related behaviors. The animals (male Wistar rats) were unilaterally microinjected with either ACEA (arachidonyl-2'-chloroethylamide a CB1 receptor agonist) at doses of 0.005, 0.05 or 0.5 pmol, or vehicle (ethanol 0.04% in saline 0.9%) and submitted to the elevated plus-maze (EPM), a pre-clinical test of anxiety. The data showed that rats microinjected with ACEA (0.05 pmol/0.2 μl) into the nAcb shell exhibited decreased % open arm time and open arm entries in comparison with the control group, which is compatible with an anxiogenic-like effect. To rule out the hypothesis that spread of the drug into the ventricle was responsible for the observed anxiogenic effect, 0.05 pmol ACEA was injected into the lateral ventricle and shown not to alter the responses representative of fear/anxiety and locomotion. The locomotor activity was not changed at the dose of 0.05 pmol ACEA microinjected into the nAcb shell. The present data suggest that activation of cannabinoid receptors in the nAcb shell may modulate fear/anxiety in the EPM. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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