Evidence that tolerance to the anxiogenic-like effects of mCPP does not involve alteration in the function of 5-HT2C receptors in the rat choroid plexus
- 1 October 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Behavioural Pharmacology
- Vol. 5 (6) , 642-646
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00008877-199410000-00011
Abstract
The mechanisms by which 1-(3-chiorophenyl) piperazine (mCPP) causes anxiety are unclear, but it has been suggested that the serotonin 5-HT2C receptor subtype may be involved in this effect. We have therefore studied the effect of chronic treatment (3 weeks) with mCPP in two animal models of anxiety (light/dark choice task in mice and elevated plus-maze test in rats) and subsequently assessed the function of 5-HT2C receptors (measured by maximal stimulation of 5-HT2C receptor-mediated phosphoinositide hydrolysis) in rat choroid plexus, where the receptor is present at very high levels. mCPP treatment regimens led to a tolerance to the anxiogenic-like action of the drug, but failed to alter the second messenger coupling of the 5-HT2C receptors in the choroid plexus, thereby suggesting the involvement of different mechanisms in this behavioral effect.Keywords
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