mGlu5 receptors are highly concentrated in limbic brain structures involved in motivational and emotional behaviours. This study describes the effects of 2-methyl-6-(phenylethylnyl)pyridine (MPEP; 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 mg/kg, ip), a selective antagonist of the mGlu5 receptors, on agonistic behaviour elicited by isolation in male mice. Individually housed mice were exposed to anosmic opponents in...

In the title compound, C(23)H(17)N(5)·H(2)O, the pyrazole rings are slightly twisted from the central pyridine ring, forming dihedral angles of 5.3 (2) and 3.5 (2)°. The pyrazole and phenyl rings on each side of the pyridine ring are also approximately coplanar, making dihedral angles of 6.0 (2) and 4.5 (2)°. In the crystal structure, 2,6-bis-(3-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)pyridine and water mol-ecu...

Interactions of neutral pyridine ligands and anionic benzoate with the metalloporphyrin walls M6L3 nanocages (M = [(tmeda)Pt]2+, L tetra(3-pyridyl)porphyrin-M′, M′ CoII, Co3-1; ZnII, Zn3-1) were evaluated in CD3CN. The binding to simple tetra(N-methyl-3-pyridinium)porphyrin-M′ complexes Co-2 Zn-2 was also evaluated. It found that bind generally similar strength monomeric porphyrins as outer fac...