期刊
PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR
卷 110, 期 -, 页码 33-39出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2013.05.013
关键词
Cannabinoids; Anandamide; Anxiety; Panic; Animal models
资金
- FAPEMIG [APQ-0138]
- CNPq
An extensive literature has implicated the endocannabinoid system in the modulation anxiety-related responses. Nonetheless, it remains uncertain what would be the effects of endocannabinoid-related compounds against responses related to specific subtypes of anxiety disorders, particularly generalized anxiety and panic. In this context, the elevated T maze (ETM) has been developed to evaluate two distinct tasks in the same rat, inhibitory avoidance and escape response from an open arm, predictive of anxiolytic and panicolytic effects, respectively. Thus, the present study tested the hypothesis that drugs that facilitate endocannabinoid-signaling would inhibit both types of aversive responses in this model. As positive controls, diazepam attenuated only inhibitory avoidance (anxiolytic-like effect), whereas alprazolam was effective against both avoidance and escape (anxiolytic- and panicolytic like effects). The synthetic cannabinoid WIN55,212-2 (1.0 mg/kg) promoted an anxiolytic-like effect, which was prevented by pre-treatment with the CBI receptor antagonist, AM 251 (1.0 mg/kg). At the higher dose (3.0 mg/kg), this antagonist promoted an anxiogenic-like effect. None of these drugs interfered with the escape task. The endocannabinoid (anandamide) hydrolysis inhibitor. URB 597 at doses of 03 and 1.0 mg/kg, induced, respectively, panicolytic- and anxiolytic-like effects, which were reversed by pretreatment with AM 251. These results suggest that drugs that act on the endocannabinoid system have different effects on the behaviors assessed in the ETM. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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