Weir, RK;
Dudley, JA;
Yan, TC;
Grabowska, EM;
Pena-Oliver, Y;
Ripley, TL;
Stephens, DN;
... Hunt, SP; + view all
(2014)
The influence of test experience and NK1 receptor antagonists on the performance of NK1R-/- and wild type mice in the 5-Choice Serial Reaction-Time Task.
Journal of Psychopharmacology
, 28
(3)
pp. 270-281.
10.1177/0269881113495722.
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Abstract
Genetically-altered mice, lacking functional NK1 receptors (NK1R-/-), express abnormal behaviours that are prominent in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: namely, inattentiveness and impulsivity (indicated by their greater % omissions and premature responses in the 5-Choice Serial Reaction-Time Task (5-CSRTT) and locomotor hyperactivity. We investigated how behaviour in the 5-CSRTT is affected by repeated testing and whether the abnormalities expressed by NK1R-/- mice are mimicked by treating wild type mice with a NK1R antagonist (L 733060 or RP 67580; 5 or 10 mg/kg). Repeated testing with a variable (VITI) or fixed, prolonged (LITI) intertrial interval reduced % omissions. Premature responses also declined, but only in NK1R-/- mice, in the VITI test. By contrast, perseveration increased in both genotypes. RP 67580 (10 mg/kg) increased the % omissions in both genotypes in the VITI, an action which cannot be attributed to NK1R antagonism. Neither drug affected perseveration. However, for premature responses, the response profile suggested that the low and high doses of RP 67580 (VITI) and L 733060 (LITI) had opposing effects on this behaviour. We infer that the effect of NK1R antagonists in the 5-CSRTT is confounded by animals' test experience and non-specific drug effects at sites other than NK1R, possibly L-type Ca2+v channels.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The influence of test experience and NK1 receptor antagonists on the performance of NK1R-/- and wild type mice in the 5-Choice Serial Reaction-Time Task. |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0269881113495722 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269881113495722 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page(http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/openaccess.htm). |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Neuro, Physiology and Pharmacology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1399969 |
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