Memantine influence on sensitization to methamphetamine effects on locomotor/exploratory behaviour in mice
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Rok publikování | 2004 |
Druh | Článek v odborném periodiku |
Časopis / Zdroj | Psychiatrie |
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU | |
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Obor | Farmakologie a lékárnická chemie |
Klíčová slova | behavioural sensitization; methamphetamine; memantine; open field test; mice |
Popis | Methamphetamine (MET) similarly to other psychostimulant drugs invokes during its repeated administration a significant increase in behavioural responses. This phenomenon is termed behavioural sensitization. There are various reports on involvement of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor activity in the development and expression of behavioural sensitization, although results of them are rather controversial. Thus, the present study was designed to investigate a possible influence of NMDA receptor non-competitive antagonist memantine (MEM) on sensitization to methamphetamine effects on mouse locomotor/exploratory behaviour in the open field test. |
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