Avoidance enhancement and discriminative response control by anxiolytics with drugs acting on the GABA system.

نویسندگان

  • M Oka
  • K Yamada
  • K Yoshida
  • M Shimizu
چکیده

Two types of conditioned behaviors were investigated for the purpose of evaluating anxiolytic drugs. A conditioning procedure used was an active avoidance in poorly-performing mice. Chlordiazepoxide, diazepam, chlorazepate and meprobamate increased the avoidance rate, while chlorpromazine, haloperidol and nortriptyline did not produce such an effect. The effect of diazepam was potentiated by gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and aminoxyacetic acid (AOAA) and antagonized by picrotoxin and thiosemicarbazide, but was influenced little by spiroperidol, alpha-methyltyrosine, phenoxybenzamine and levallorphan. In addition, the effect of other anxiolytics was potentiated by AOAA and antagonized by picrotoxin. Biperiden, methamphetamine, caffeine and morphine also induced an avoidance enhancement, which was not influenced by AOAA. A drug discrimination experiment was also performed using a milk-reinforced two-lever operant method. In the rats trained to discriminate phenobarbital from saline, diazepam produced a dose-related phenobarbital-lever selection, which was potentiated by AOAA and antagonized by picrotoxin. Chlordiazepoxide, chlorazepate and meprobamate also elicited responses on the phenobarbital-lever. On the other hand, haloperidol, nortriptyline, biperiden, methamphetamine, caffeine and morphine produced a saline-lever selection, at the doses tested. These results suggest that, among several drugs tested, the avoidance enhancement and discriminative response control by anxiolytics may be closely linked with the GABA system.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Japanese journal of pharmacology

دوره 30 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1980