Prevention of the analgesic consequences of social defeat in male mice by 5-HT1A anxiolytics, buspirone, gepirone and ipsapirone
| Autor: | J. K. Shepherd, R.J. Rodgers |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
| Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty Analgesic Pharmacology Buspirone Social defeat Mice Gepirone Internal medicine Reaction Time medicine Animals Social Behavior Pindolol Ipsapirone Nociceptors Pyrimidines Endocrinology Nociception Anti-Anxiety Agents Mice Inbred DBA Serotonin Analgesia Psychology medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Psychopharmacology. 99:374-380 |
| ISSN: | 1432-2072 0033-3158 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf00445561 |
| Popis: | Behavioural and pharmacological studies have suggested that anxiety may be an important factor in the initiation of non-opioid analgesia in defeated male mice. In the present study, the effects of three 5-HT1A anxiolytics (buspirone, ipsapirone and gepirone) on basal nociception and defeat analgesia were examined. Results show that the analgesic consequences of social defeat were potently blocked by all three compounds, with a rank-order potency (minimum effective doses) of ipsapirone (0.05 mg/kg) greater than gepirone (0.1 mg/kg) greater than buspirone (0.5 mg/kg). These inhibitory effects on defeat analgesia were observed in the absence of intrinsic activity on basal nociception (tail-flick assay). When administered alone, (-)pindolol produced biphasic effects on defeat analgesia with enhancement at 0.5 mg/kg and inhibition at 5.0 mg/kg. Lower doses of (-)pindolol (0.05 and 0.25 mg/kg) which did not affect defeat analgesia when administered alone, totally blocked the inhibitory effects of ipsapirone (0.5 mg/kg). Data are discussed in relation to the involvement of 5-HT1A receptor mechanisms in this adaptive form of pain inhibition. |
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