期刊
MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
卷 14, 期 2, 页码 190-196出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4002150
关键词
psychotomimetics; prepulse inhibition; sensorimotor gating; schizophrenia; phencyclidine
资金
- NIMH Intramural Research Program [Z01-MH-002498-17]
It has been previously suggested that oxytocin (Oxt) may act as a natural antipsychotic. To test this hypothesis, we investigated whether disruption of the oxytocin gene (Oxt-/-) made mice more susceptible to the psychosis-related effects of amphetamine (Amp), apomorphine (Apo) and phencyclidine (PCP). We examined drug-induced changes in the prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the startle reflex, a measure of sensorimotor gating deficits characteristic of several psychiatric and neurological disorders, including schizophrenia. We found that treatment with Amp, Apo and PCP all had effects on PPI. However, in Oxt-/- mice, but not Oxt-/- mice, PCP treatment resulted in large PPI deficits. As PCP is a noncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor antagonist, these findings suggest that the absence of Oxt alters the glutamatergic component of the PPI.
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