[Role of serotonin2 receptors in regulating aggressive behavior]

Zh Vyssh Nerv Deiat Im I P Pavlova. 1984 Mar-Apr;34(2):283-9.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Quipazine and pirenperone , the drugs interacting with serotonin2 -receptors, more readily displaced 3H-spiroperidol from its binding sites in the frontal cortex than in the striatum. Pirenperone (0,07-0,3 mg/kg), antagonist of serotonin2 -receptors, selectively decreased the intensity of apomorphine aggressiveness. The antiaggressive action of haloperidol (0,01-0,2 mg/kg) was in correlation with its antistereotypic activity. Long-term administration of naloxone (0,5; 15,0 mg/kg), together with apomorphine (0,5 mg/kg) reduced the number of head-twitches caused by quipazine (2,5 mg/kg). The administration of quipazine 48 hours after the last injection of naloxone and apomorphine caused spontaneous aggressiveness that did not differ from apomorphine aggressiveness. Intracerebroventricular injection of cholecystokinin tetrapeptide (CCK-4) markedly enhanced the foot-shock aggression. The same dose of CCK-4 also decreased the intensity of quipazine (2,5 mg/kg) head-twitches. Compared to haloperidol, pirenperone was a more selective antagonist of CCK-4. After long-term apomorphine treatment (0,5 mg/kg during 10 days, twice daily), the effect of CCK-4 on aggressive behaviour was markedly enhanced. It is possible that two subtypes of serotonin2 -receptors exist in the brain and have opposite action on the aggressive behaviour. CCK-4 may play the role of an endogenous modulator of sensitivity of serotonin2 -receptors involved in the control of aggressiveness.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aggression / physiology*
  • Animals
  • Apomorphine / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Brain / physiology*
  • Corpus Striatum / metabolism
  • Frontal Lobe / metabolism
  • Haloperidol / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Naloxone / administration & dosage
  • Piperidines / pharmacology
  • Quipazine / administration & dosage
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Receptors, Serotonin / physiology*
  • Spiperone / metabolism
  • Tetragastrin / pharmacology

Substances

  • Piperidines
  • Receptors, Serotonin
  • Tetragastrin
  • Naloxone
  • Quipazine
  • Spiperone
  • Haloperidol
  • Apomorphine
  • pirenperone