期刊
BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 978, 期 1-2, 页码 177-184出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02943-3
关键词
serotonin; imipramine; zimelidine; 8-OH-DPAT; WAY-100635; antidepressant
资金
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [98/10639-7] Funding Source: FAPESP
Activation of post-synaptic 5-HT1A receptors in the dorsal hippocampus is proposed to mediate stress adaptation. Chronic social stress and high corticosteroid levels would impair this coping mechanism, predisposing animals to learned helplessness. To test the hypothesis that increasing serotonin levels in the dorsal hippocampus would attenuate the development of learned helplessness, rats received inescapable foot-shock (pre-test session) and were tested in a shuttle box 24-h later. Pre-stressed animals showed impairment of escape responses. This effect was prevented by chronic (21 days) treatment with imipramine (15 mg/kg). Similar results were obtained when the animals received bilateral intra-hippocampal injections, immediately after pre-test, of zimelidine (100 nmol/0.5 mul), a serotonin reuptake blocker. or 8-OH-DPAT (10 nmol), a 5-HT1A receptor agonist. The zimelidine effect was prevented by pre-treatment with WAY-100635 (30 nmol), a 5-HT1A receptor antagonist. These data suggest that facilitation of serotonergic neurotransmission in the dorsal hippocampus mediates adaptation to severe inescapable stress, probably through the activation of post-synaptic 5-HT1A receptors. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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