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  • 1
    ISSN: 0378-4347
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
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  • 2
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    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Schizophrenia Research 6 (1992), S. 133 
    ISSN: 0920-9964
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Medicine
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Active uptake by neurons and glial cells is the main mechanism for maintaining extracellular glutamate at low, non-toxic concentrations. Activation of adenosine A2A receptors increases extracellular glutamate levels, while A2A receptor antagonists reduce stimulated glutamate outflow. Whether a modulation of the glutamate uptake system is involved in the effects elicited by A2A receptor blockers has never been investigated. This study examined the ability of adenosine A2A receptor antagonists to prevent the increase in glutamate levels induced by blockade of the glutamate uptake. In rats implanted with a microdialysis probe in the dorsal striatum, perfusion with 4 mm l-trans-pyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid (PDC, a transportable competitive inhibitor of glutamate uptake), or 10 mm dihydrokainic acid (DHK, a non-transportable competitive inhibitor that mainly blocks the glial glutamate transporter GLT-1), significantly increased extracellular glutamate levels. The effects of PDC and DHK were completely prevented by the adenosine A2A receptor antagonists SCH 58261 (0.01 mg/kg i.p.) and/or ZM 241385 (5 nm via probe). Since an impairment in glutamate transporter function is thought to play a major role in neurodegenerative disorders, the regulation of glutamate uptake may be one of the mechanisms of the neuroprotective effects of A2A receptor antagonists.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: The metabotropic glutamate receptors 5 (mGlu5Rs) and the adenosine A2A receptors (A2ARs) have been reported to functionally interact in the striatum. The aim of the present work was to verify the hypothesis that the state of activation of A2A Rs could influence mGlu5R-mediated effects in the striatum. In electrophysiological experiments (extracellular recording in rat corticostriatal slices), the ability of the selective mGlu5R agonist CHPG to potentiate the reduction of the field potential amplitude induced by NMDA was prevented not only by the selective mGlu5R antagonist MPEP, but also by the selective A2AR antagonist ZM 241385. Analogously, the application of CHPG potentiated NMDA-induced toxicity (measured by LDH release) in cultured striatal neurons, an effect that was abolished by both MPEP and ZM 241385. Finally, the A2AR agonist CGS 21680 potentiated CHGP effects, an action that was reproduced and abolished, respectively, by forskolin (an activator of the cAMP/protein kinase A, PKA, pathway) and KT 5720 (a PKA inhibitor). The results indicate that A2ARs exert a permissive role on mGlu5R-induced effects in the striatum. Such an interaction may represent an additional target for the development of therapeutic strategies towards striatal disorders.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Hippocampal metabotropic glutamate 5 receptors (mGlu5Rs) regulate both physiological and pathological responses to glutamate. Because mGlu5R activation enhances NMDA-mediated effects, and given the role played by NMDA receptors in synaptic plasticity and excitotoxicity, modulating mGlu5R may influence both the physiological and the pathological effects elicited by NMDA receptor stimulation. We evaluated whether adenosine A2A receptors (A2ARs) modulated mGlu5R-dependent effects in the hippocampus, as they do in the striatum. Co-application of the A2AR agonist CGS 21680 with the mGlu5R agonist (RS)-2-chloro-s-hydroxyphenylglycine(CHPG) synergistically reduced field excitatory postsynaptic potentials in the CA1 area of rat hippocampal slices. Endogenous tone at A2ARs seemed to be required to enable mGlu5R-mediated effects, as the ability of CHPG to potentiate NMDA effects was antagonized by the selective A2AR antagonist ZM 241385 in rat hippocampal slices and cultured hippocampal neurons, and abolished in the hippocampus of A2AR knockout mice. Evidence for the interaction between A2ARs and mGlu5Rs was further strengthened by demonstrating their co-localization in hippocampal synapses. This is the first evidence showing that hippocampal A2ARs and mGlu5Rs are co-located and act synergistically, and that A2ARs play a permissive role in mGlu5R receptor-mediated potentiation of NMDA effects in the hippocampus.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1432-2072
    Keywords: Cholecystokinin (CCK) ; Dopamine ; Nucleus accumbens ; Phencyclidine
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The influence of cholecystokinin (CCK), bilaterally injected into the rostral nucleus accumbens, on the EEG and behavioural effects induced by phencyclidine (PCP) has been studied in rats. CCK (10 ng) significantly inhibited PCP-induced EEG effects (increase of spectral power with respect to pre-drug tracing; increase of relative power distribution in the slowest frequency bands), and behavioural effects (circling and ataxia). The inhibitory effects of CCK were completely antagonized by 1 ng PD 135–158, a selective CCKB receptor antagonist, but not by lorglumide (1 µg), a selective CCKA receptor antagonist. Since the effects induced by PCP in rodents have been proposed to be an experimental correlate of the psychotic symptoms it induces in humans, these results indicate that CCK may act as a neuroleptic. They also suggest that CCKB receptors located in the rostral nucleus accumbens may be involved in the neuroleptic-like activity of CCK.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1432-2072
    Keywords: Diphenylhydantoin ; NMDA ; EEG ; Behaviour
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) subtype of excitatory amino acid receptors are involved in the electrical and behavioural generalization of epileptiform activity within the brain. In rats, both competitive and non-competitive NMDA antagonists induce three dose-dependent stages of EEG patterns: 1) increase in cortical desynchronization periods; 2) increase in amplitude of cortical high frequency (20–30 Hz), low voltage (30–50 µV) background activity; 3) appearance of cortical slow (2–3 Hz) wave-sharp wave complexes. These EEG changes are accompanied by stimulatory-depressive behavioural effects such as stereotypy (circling, head weaving) and ataxia. In the present study, the influence of the prototypic anticonvulsant diphenylhydantoin (DPH) has been tested on the EEG and behavioural effects induced by the non-competitive NMDA antagonists phencyclidine (PCP) and dizocilpine (MK-801) and by the competitive NMDA antagonist cis-4-phosphonomethyl-2-piperidine-carboxylic acid (CGS 19755). Even though DPH (up to 100 mg/kg IP) did not markedly affect basal cortical EEG activity, at doses of 10–100 mg/kg IP it potentiated all the EEG effects induced by the NMDA antagonists. These data support involvement of NMDA neurotransmission in the pharmacological effects of DPH.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1432-2072
    Keywords: PCP/sigma ligands ; Haloperidol ; Catalepsy ; EEG
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Phencyclidine (PCP) and sigma ligands produce a typical excitatory behaviour in rats, characterized by circling and head- and body-weaving. Excitatory amino acid antagonists such as 2-amino 5-phosphonovaleric acid (AP5) or 3-(±)-2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl)propyl-1-phosphonic acid (CPP) also produce a PCP-like excitatory behaviour in rats. In the present paper, the interactions between PCP/sigma drugs or excitatory amino acid receptor antagonists and haloperidol have been investigated in rats. In addition, the influence of two other butyrophenones having a different affinity for the sigma/haloperidol receptors, such as spiperone and 3-(4-(3(4-fluorobenzoyl)-propyl-piperazino-1-ylisoquinolino (HR 375), has been tested on the behavioural and EEG effects of PCP/sigma drugs and excitatory amino acid antagonists. PCP (2.5–5 mg/kg IP), (+) or (−) SKF 10,047 (1–15 mg/kg IP), (+) or (−) cyclazocine (2–8 mg/kg IP) and AP5 (0.5 µmol ICV) dose-dependently and significantly (P〈0.01) antagonized the haloperidol-induced catalepsy in the horizontal bar and podium tests in rats. On the other hand, either haloperidol (1 mg/kg IP) or spiperone (1 mg/kg IP) reduced the head-weaving induced by (+) SKF 10,047, PCP, or AP5. On the contrary, HR 375 (6 mg/kg IP) was ineffective in blocking the excitatory effects of these drugs. In addition, either haloperidol (1 mg/kg IP) or spiperone (1 mg/kg IP), but not HR 375 (6 mg/kg IP) reduced the amplitude increase of the fast (20–30 Hz) frequency/low (30–50 µV) voltage background cortical activity elicited by PCP or (+) SKF 10,047. The results demonstrate an interaction between dopamine and excitatory amino acid receptors. At the same time, the data reveal the scarce relevance of the high affinity sigma/haloperidol receptors in the interference between PCP/sigma drugs and butyrophenones.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1432-2072
    Keywords: NMDA ; PCP ; EEG ; Behaviour ; Rats
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Phencyclidine (PCP), a drug inducing schizophrenia-like symptoms in humans, is reported to be a noncompetitive antagonist at the N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) subtype of excitatory amino acid receptors. In rats, PCP produces three dose-dependent stages of EEG patterns: 1) increase of cortical desynchronization duration; 2) increase of the amplitude of the high-frequency (20–30 Hz) low-voltage (30–50 µV) cortical background activity; 3) appearance of cortical slow (2–3 Hz) wavesharp wave complexes. These EEG changes are accompanied by stimulatory-depressive effects such as stereotypy (circling, head weaving) and ataxia. In the present study, the EEG and behavioural effects induced by systemic administration of the NMDA antagonists dizocilpine (MK 801), dextromethorphan (DM), [+ -alpha-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-[(phenyl)methyl-1-piperidine ethanol] (SL 82.0715), (+)3-(2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl)-propyl-1-phosphonic acid (CPP), cis-4-phosphonomethyl-2-piperidine-carboxylic acid (CGS 19755) have been compared to those of PCP in rats. The rank of potency for inducing PCP-like EEG stages 1–3 was as follows: MK 801 〉 PCP 〉 CGS 19755 〉 CPP. These drugs also induced PCP-like behavioural effects. On the contrary, DM and SL 82.0715, administered up to the dose of 100 mg/kg IP, failed to induce PCP-like behavioural effects and elicited only the stage 1 of PCP-like EEG. These results strongly suggest the involvement of NMDA neurotransmission in the behavioural and EEG effects of PCP.
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