Topiramate antagonizes MK-801 in an animal model of schizophrenia
| Autor: | Stephen I. Deutsch, John Mastropaolo, Eddie N Billingslea, Alan S. Bellack, Richard B. Rosse |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Topiramate Psychosis Phencyclidine Kainate receptor Fructose AMPA receptor Mice medicine Animals Pharmacology Behavior Animal Dose-Response Relationship Drug medicine.disease Dizocilpine Neuroprotective Agents Schizophrenia Hallucinogens NMDA receptor Schizophrenic Psychology Dizocilpine Maleate Psychology Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists Neuroscience Antipsychotic Agents medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Pharmacology. 449:121-125 |
| ISSN: | 0014-2999 |
| Popis: | The phencyclidine (PCP) model of schizophrenia suggests that N -methyl- d -aspartate (NMDA) receptor hypofunction and its consequences may play an important role in the pathophysiology of this psychiatric disorder. Moreover, the schizophreniform psychosis caused by PCP resembles schizophrenia in all of the relevant domains of psychopathology, especially negative symptoms and cognitive dysfunction. Because of interest in the PCP model and possible NMDA receptor hypofunction in schizophrenia, animal behaviors elicited by PCP and its analogues have been characterized. These preclinical models may serve to identify candidate compounds that possess therapeutic efficacy in schizophrenia. Ideally, negative symptoms and cognitive dysfunction would also serve as therapeutic targets for these novel medications. In the current study, the ability of topiramate to attenuate the severity of a specific behavior elicited by MK-801 (dizocilpine), a high affinity analogue of PCP was studied in mice. Topiramate was chosen because it addresses two of the predicted pathological consequences of NMDA receptor hypofunction. Specifically, topiramate potentiates GABAergic neurotransmission and antagonizes the excitotoxic actions of glutamate at the alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA)/kainate (KA) classes of glutamate-gated channels. Topiramate was shown to inhibit MK-801-elicited “popping” behavior in a complex dose-dependent manner. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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