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PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
卷 26, 期 6, 页码 1135-1141出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(02)00248-8
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behavioral changes; elevated plus maze; restraint; stress; tolerance
Serotonin (5-HT) neurons located in the median raphe nucleus (MRN) may have a role in the development of behavioral changes to stress. The objective of the present work was to investigate the effects of a selective lesion of 5-HT neurons located in the MRN in previously stressed male Wistar rats submitted to the elevated plus maze (EPM), In an initial experiment, the animals (n=20 - 22) were submitted to one (acute) or seven (chronic) daily restraint stress periods (2 h) and tested in the EPM 24 It later. Results showed that acute restraint caused a significant decrease in the number of entries into the open arms, as compared to nonstressed controls. This effect disappeared when the animals were submitted to chronic restraint. In the next set of experiments, animals (n=6-8) received, 1 week before the behavioral studies, intra-MRN injection of 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT 8 mug/l mul). Neurochemical analysis showed that this treatment significantly decreases 5-HT and 5-hydroxy-indoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) levels in the hippocampus, but not in the striatum. No difference between lesioned and sham-operated animals in EPM performance vas found in monstressed animals or in those submitted to acute restraint. In chronically restrained animals, however, lesioned rats showed a significant decrease in the number of entries and time spent in the open arms, These results suggest that lesions of 5-HT neurons located in the MRN cause anxiogenic-like behavior in animals that have been chronically restrained. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Inc.
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