Subchronic and chronic PCP treatment produces temporally distinct deficits in attentional set shifting and prepulse inhibition in rats

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作者
Egerton, Alice [1 ,2 ]
Reid, Lee [1 ,3 ]
McGregor, Sandie [1 ,2 ]
Cochran, Susan M. [1 ,2 ]
Morris, Brian J. [1 ,3 ]
Pratt, Judith A. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Glasgow, Psychiat Res Inst Neurosci Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
[2] Univ Strathclyde, Strathclyde Inst Pharm & Biomed Sci, Glasgow G4 0NR, Lanark, Scotland
[3] Univ Glasgow, Fac Biomed Life Sci, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
关键词
phencyclidine; attentional set-shifting; prepulse inhibition; schizophrenia; prefrontal cortex; social interaction;
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10.1007/s00213-008-1071-5
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
Rationale We have previously demonstrated that subchronic (five daily administrations of 2.6 mg/kg PCP) and chronic intermittent administration of 2.6 mg/kg PCP to rats produces hypofrontality and other neurochemical changes akin to schizophrenia pathology (Cochran et al., Neuropsychopharmacology, 28:265-275, 2003). Objectives We sought to determine whether behavioral alterations related to discrete aspects of schizophrenia are also induced by these PCP treatment regimes. Materials and methods Following administration of vehicle or PCP according to the protocols described above, rats were assessed for attentional set shifting ability, prepulse inhibition (PPI), or social interaction and the locomotor response to a challenge dose of amphetamine. Results Ability to shift attentional set was impaired 72 h after the last PCP administration following the subchronic and chronic intermittent treatment regimes. PPI was disrupted after each acute administration of PCP in animals under the subchronic treatment regime. However, PPI deficits were not sustained 72 h after the last of five daily administrations. In subchronic and chronic PCP treated animals, no change was found in social interaction behavior, and there was little change in baseline or amphetamine-stimulated locomotor activity, employed as an indicator of dopaminergic hyperfunction. Conclusions The temporally distinct behavioral effects of these PCP treatment regimes suggest that PPI deficits relate directly to acute NMDA receptor antagonism, whereas the more enduring set shifting deficits relate to the longer term consequences of NMDA receptor blockade. Therefore, these subchronic and chronic PCP treatment regimes produce hypofrontality (Cochran et al., Neuropsychopharmacology, 28:265-275, 2003) and associated prefrontal cortex-dependent deficits in behavioral flexibility which mirror core deficits in schizophrenia.
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