Psychopharmacology
1987
D G Spencer, T Glaser, J Traber
69 citations
Male Wistar rats were trained to discriminate the interoceptive effects of 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-OMe-DMT; 1.25 mg/kg, IP) from saline in a two-lever operant chamber. Following discrimination learning, the following drugs (with ED50 dose in mg/kg IP) dose-dependently generalized: lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD, 0.04), 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino) tetralin (8-OH-DPAT, 0.11),...
European Journal of Pharmacology
December 1, 1986
Kurt Rasmussen, Richard A Glennon, George K. Aghajanian
50 citations
The rank order of potency for the physiological effects of three phenethylamine hallucinogens in the locus coeruleus (LC) was identical to that previously shown for their 5-HT2 binding affinity [-) DOB greater than DOM greater than ( + )DOB). The behaviorally inactive positional isomer of DOB, SL-7161, did not significantly affect LC unit activity. These results offer insight into...
Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology
October 1986
N J Penington, R J Reiffenstein
2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine (DOM, "STP") is a potent hallucinogen, proposed to be a serotonin receptor agonist. Its effects have not previously been tested upon central neurons where serotonin is excitatory and serotonin antagonists are effective. Extracellular single unit recordings were obtained from facial motoneurons in anaesthetized rats, and drugs were applied from five-barrelled...
Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior
June 1, 1986
L M Smith, S J Peroutka
245 citations
The effects of 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propyl-amino) tetralin (8-OH-DPAT), 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeODMT), buspirone and isapirone were examined at 5-hydroxytryptamine1A (5-HT1A) binding sites and on the 5-HT behavioral syndrome in the rat. 8-OH-DPAT, 5-MeODMT, buspirone and isapirone are all potent inhibitors of 3H-8-OH-DPAT binding to rat brain membranes (Ki values = 1.9-13 nM)....
Neuroscience Research
February 1986
J B Wei, C Y Chiang
Serotonergic and non-serotonergic neurons in the nucleus raphe magnus were identified by conduction velocities and spontaneous discharge rates. Eight of 13 serotonergic neurons were depressed by lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) administration (40-50 micrograms/kg, i.p. or i.v.), while the others were non-responsive. Among 38 non-serotonergic neurons, 5 were depressed, 4 were excited and 29 were...
Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior
February 1986
R B McCall
Studies indicate that hallucinogens markedly suppress the discharge of serotonin containing neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus. Forebrain neurons receiving a major serotonergic input are relatively insensitive to hallucinogens. These actions of hallucinogens are not sufficient to explain the psychoactive effects of these drugs. Evidence is presented to indicate that hallucinogens sensitize...
Psychopharmacology
1986
R A Lyon, Richard A Glennon, M Titeler
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), 3,4-methylenedioxy-amphetamine (MDA), and their optical isomers, were assayed for their affinities at radiolabeled brain serotonin (5-HT1, 5-HT2) and dopamine (D2) binding sites. (R(-)-MDA and R(-)-MDMA displayed moderate affinities for 3H-ketanserin-labeled 5-HT2 sites (Ki = 3425 and 3310 nM, respectively) whereas the affinities for their...
Neuropeptides
1986
K Kmieciak-Kołada, J Kowalski
The effects of acute and chronic treatment with LSD and acute treatment with mescaline, m-CPP, citalopram and fenfluramine on leu-enkephalin (LENK) content in rat brain were examined. The acute LSD treatment was found to decrease and chronic treatment to increase the LENK content in the frontal cortex. In the thalamus with hypothalamus the LENK level fell after the administration of LSD,...
Journal of Neuroscience
December 1, 1985
K A Yagaloff, Hartig Pr
159 citations
125I-Lysergic acid diethylamide (125I-LSD) binds with high affinity to serotonergic sites on rat choroid plexus. These sites were localized to choroid plexus epithelial cells by use of a novel high resolution stripping film technique for light microscopic autoradiography. In membrane preparations from rat choroid plexus, the serotonergic site density was 3100 fmol/mg of protein, which is...
European Journal of Pharmacology
October 1, 1985
Mark D. Tricklebank, Christian Forler, Derek N. Middlemiss et al.
141 citations
The 5-HT receptor subtypes involved in the mediation of reciprocal forepaw treading and the flat body posture induced by the central 5-HT receptor agonist, 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeODMT), were examined in intact rats and in rats depleted of monoamines with reserpine. Forepaw treading in non-reserpinised rats was antagonised by the 5-HT2 receptor antagonist, ketanserin, only at...