ABSTRACT
Objective To study the changes of negative symptoms in PCP-induced schizophrenia rat model.Methods Thirty newborn female SD rats randomly divided into control group,PCP-week 6 group and PCP-week 10 group( n=10 in each group).Perinatal rat treated with PCP ( 10 mg/kg) on postnatal days 7,9 and 11(10 mg/kg,ip),and sucorse intalce test(SIT),forced swimming test(FST) and resident-intruder test(RIT) were used to test the emotional and negative symptoms.Results In the SIT,there was no difference between control and PCP groups (con:(28.24 ±0.86) ml/kg; week 6:(26.57 ± 1.01 ) ml/kg; week 10:(27.98 ±0.99) ml/kg,F =12.35,P ＞ 0.05 ).In the FST,PCP model rats showed longer still time ( con:(39.32 ± 1.98 ) s ; week 6:(52.39 ± 1.66)s,week 10:(55.56 ± 1.49)s,F=3.99,P＜ 0.05 ).In the RIT,PCP models rats showed less explore time ( (40.31 ± 13.56)s vs (63.90 ± 13.12)s,(43.65 ±12.86 )s vs (65.18 ± 15.12)s,P ＜ 0.05 ) and more escape time ((19.33±2.26) s vs (9.26 ± 1.32) s,(17.79 ±2.99) s vs (9.38 ± 1.36) s,P＜ 0.05).Conclusion Perinatal PCP injection can induce the long-lasting negative-symptoms changes.