Fendt, M, Bürki, H, Imobersteg, S, van der Putten, H, McAllister, K, Leslie, Julian, Shaw, D and Holscher, Christian (2010) The effect of mGlu(8) deficiency in animal models of psychiatric diseases. Genes, brain, and behavior, 9 . pp. 33-44. [Journal article]
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Abstract
The metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 8 (mGlu(8)) is presynaptically located and regulates the release of the transmitter. Dysfunctions of this mechanism are involved in the pathophysiology of different psychiatric disorders. mGlu(8) deficient mice have been previously investigated in a range of studies, but the results are contradictory and there are still many open questions. Therefore, we tested mGlu(8)-deficient animals in different behavioral tasks that are commonly used in neuropsychiatric research. Our results show a robust contextual fear deficit in mGlu(8)-deficient mice. Furthermore, novel object recognition, chlordiazepoxide-facilitated extinction of operant conditioning and the acoustic startle response were attenuated by mGlu(8) deficiency. We found no changes in sensory processing, locomotor activity, prepulse inhibition, phencyclidine-induced changes in locomotion or prepulse inhibition, operant conditioning, conditioned fear to a discrete cue or in animal models of innate fear and post-traumatic stress disorder. We conclude that mGlu(8) might be a potential target for disorders with pathophysiological changes in brain areas where mGlu(8) modulates glutamate and gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) transmission. Our data especially point to anxiety disorders involving exaggerated contextual fear, such as generalized anxiety disorders, and to conditions with disturbed declarative memory.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Faculties and Schools: | Faculty of Life and Health Sciences Faculty of Life and Health Sciences > School of Biomedical Sciences |
Research Institutes and Groups: | Biomedical Sciences Research Institute Psychology Research Institute Biomedical Sciences Research Institute > Genomic Medicine Psychology Research Institute > Behavioural Neuroscience and Behaviour Analysis |
ID Code: | 11228 |
Deposited By: | Dr Christian Holscher |
Deposited On: | 04 Feb 2010 09:41 |
Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2017 14:06 |
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