Experimental anxiety and antiepileptics: The effects of valproate and vigabatrin in the mirrored chamber test

The potential anxiolytic-like effects of valproate (VPA; 200, 300 and 400 mg/kg i.p.) and vigabatrin (GVG; 150, 300 and 450 mg/kg i.p.) were evaluated in an experimental model of anxiety in mice. The mirrored chamber test was the model selected. In this study, anxiogenic-like behavior was induced by...

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Veröffentlicht in:Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology 2003-05, Vol.25 (4), p.265-271
Hauptverfasser: LONG, A. Padovan, DE ANGELIS, L
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The potential anxiolytic-like effects of valproate (VPA; 200, 300 and 400 mg/kg i.p.) and vigabatrin (GVG; 150, 300 and 450 mg/kg i.p.) were evaluated in an experimental model of anxiety in mice. The mirrored chamber test was the model selected. In this study, anxiogenic-like behavior was induced by pretreatment with m-chlorophenylpiperazine hydrochloride (m-CPP; 1 mg/kg i.p.). For comparative purposes, the effects of an established reference anxiolytic, lorazepam (LOR; 0.025, 0.05 and 0.10 mg/kg i.p.) were also evaluated. Results showed that 2 weeks of repeated treatment with 200, 300 and 400 mg/kg of VPA or, to a lesser extent, 300 and 450 mg/kg i.p. of GVG, antagonized the anxiogenic effects of m-CPP. VPA induced behavioral changes very similar to those produced by lorazepam, i.e., a decrease in the latency time to enter the mirrored chamber and an increase in the time spent in the mirrored chamber. The anxiolytic-like potency of GVG was lower than that of VPA in this test. In conclusion, these data provide additional evidence for the anxiolytic-like effects of VPA and substantiate its role in the treatment of anxiety disorders and in the withdrawal state of ethanol or sedative-hypnotics.
ISSN:0379-0355
2013-0155
DOI:10.1358/mf.2003.25.4.769674