[Effect of agonist and antagonist of 5-HT(1A) receptors on learning in female rats during ovarian cycle]

Zh Vyssh Nerv Deiat Im I P Pavlova. 2010 Jul-Aug;60(4):493-9.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The involvement of 5-HT(1A) receptors in learning/memory processes during ovary cycle was assessed in the adult female rats. 8-OH-DPAT (0.05 mg/kg, s.c.), 5-HT(1A) receptor agonist and NAN-190 (0.1 mg/kg, i.p.), 5-HT(1A) receptor antagonist were injected chronically to adult female rats. Learning of these animals was assessed in different models: passive avoidance performance and Morris water maze. Chronic NAN-190 administration to females resulted in the appearance of the passive avoidance performance in proestrous and estrous, as distinct from the control animals, but failed to change the dynamics of spatial learning in Morris water maze. Chronic 8-OH-DPAT administration similarly impaired non-spatial and spatial learning in females during all phases of ovary cycle. The results of the study suggest modulating role of 5-HT(1A) receptors in learning/memory processes during ovary cycle in the adult female rats.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Avoidance Learning / drug effects*
  • Conditioning, Psychological / drug effects
  • Estrous Cycle*
  • Female
  • Maze Learning / drug effects*
  • Piperazines / pharmacology
  • Rats
  • Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A / physiology*
  • Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptor Agonists / pharmacology*
  • Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptor Antagonists / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Piperazines
  • Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptor Agonists
  • Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptor Antagonists
  • Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A
  • 1-(2-methoxyphenyl)-4-(4-(2-phthalimido)butyl)piperazine
  • 8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin