Effects of haloperidol on behavioral responses induced by electrical stimulation of medial prefrontal cortex
Braz. j. med. biol. res
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29(10): 1349-53, Oct. 1996. ilus, graf
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ABSTRACT
The effects of haloperidol on circling and spying behaviors induced by electrical simulation of the medial prefrontal cortex (PFC) were evaluated. Male Wistar rats with an electrode implanted into the left medial PFC (B2.5 mmA, 0.6 mm L and 2.7 mm V) were electrically stimulated in a sequence of ten 30-sec trains separeted by 30-sec intervals (60 Hz) in each session, and simultaneously observed in the open field. The animals with circling (CI) and spying (SP) behaviors were treated with intraperitoneal haloperidol (HAL ip, 5 mg/Kg, N=6) and saline (SAL ip, N=7) or intracortical HAL (ic, 5 mug, N=6) and SAL (ic, N=9), 20 min before the session of eletrical stimulation. HAL ic significantly decreased (p<0.05) CI (mean frequency+ SEM 0.5 + 0.16) and monsignificantly decreased SP behavior (0.6 + 0.17) compared to SAL ic (CI0.9 + 0.02, SP 1+ 0). HAL ip fully abolished these behaviors P<0.05) (CI0.02 + 0,SP 0.01 + 0) compared to SAL ip (CI 0.86 + 0.06, SP 0.93 + 0.06. These results show that haloperidol, a dopaminergic antagonist and antipsychotic agent, interfered significantly with the expression of behaviors induced by electrical stimulation of the left medial PFC, suggesting that the induction of these behaviors may involve the dopaminergic neurotransmission.
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Main subject:
Prefrontal Cortex
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Electric Stimulation
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Haloperidol
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Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Journal subject:
Biology
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Medicine
Year:
1996
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Article
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