caa a22 4500 465738931 CHVBK 20180323111803.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02244613 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02244613 Buspirone impairment of performance of passive avoidance and spatial learning tasks in the rat [Elektronische Daten] [M. Rowan, W. Cullen, B. Moulton] The effects of buspirone on the execution of step-through passive avoidance and spatial navigation learning tasks were assessed. In view of the anxiolytic properties of the drug, its effects on shock induced ultrasonic vocalizations and shock suppressed locomotor activity in a hole-board were also determined. Doses (0.5, 1 and 2 mg/kg, IP) which did not affect exploratory activity in a novel environment (light/dark box and hole-board apparatus) were used. Buspirone (1 and 2 mg/kg) impaired performance on the 24 h passive avoidance recall test when given prior to the training and the test sessions or prior to the test session only but not when given before the training trial only. The stress response to the mild footshock, as measured in terms of suppressed locomotor activity in the hole-board apparatus and post-shock ultrasonic vocalizations, was reduced by buspirone (at 1 and 2 mg/kg, respectively), indicating that its effect on behavior in the passive avoidance learning task is probably due to its anxiolytic properties. Evidence for a possible amnesic effect of buspirone (2 mg/kg) was found on the acquisition and probe test trials in the spatial navigation task. During training the latency to find a submerged escape platform in a water maze was increased. Performance on a probe test was also impaired but this effect was not apparent in animals which had received buspirone only prior to the probe test. Although these changes may be attributable to alterations in many aspects of cognitive processing, the possibility of a direct effect on memory warrants further investigation. Springer-Verlag, 1990 Buspirone nationallicence Step-through passive avoidance nationallicence Spatial learning nationallicence Water maze nationallicence Ultrasonic vocalization nationallicence Shock suppressed locomotor activity nationallicence Rowan M. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland aut Cullen W. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland aut Moulton B. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland aut Psychopharmacology Springer-Verlag 100/3(1990-03-01), 393-398 0033-3158 100:3<393 1990 100 213 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02244613 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02244613 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rowan M. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cullen W. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Moulton B. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Psychopharmacology Springer-Verlag 100/3(1990-03-01), 393-398 0033-3158 100:3<393 1990 100 213 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer