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| Author(s): |
Coimbra, Norberto Cysne
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Calvo, Fabricio
;
Almada, Rafael Carvalho
;
Freitas, Renato Leonardo
;
Paschoalin-Maurin, Tatiana
;
dos Anjos-Garcia, Tayllon
;
Elias-Filho, Daoud Hibrahim
;
Ubiali, Walter Adriano
;
Lobao-Soares, Bruno
;
Tracey, Irene
Total Authors: 10
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Neuroscience; v. 354, p. 178-195, JUN 23 2017. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 16 |
| Abstract | |
The effects of endogenous opioid peptide antagonists on panic-related responses are controversial. Using elevated mazes and a prey-versus-predator paradigm, we investigated the involvement of the endogenous opioid peptide-mediated system in the modulation of anxiety- and panic attack-induced responses and innate fear-induced antinociception in the present work. Wistar rats were intraperitoneally pretreated with either physiological saline or naloxone at different doses and were subjected to either the elevated plus- or T-maze test or confronted by Crotalus durissus terrificus. The defensive behaviors of the rats were recorded in the presence of the predator and at 24 h after the confrontation, when the animals were placed in the experimental enclosure without the rattlesnake. The peripheral non-specific blockade of opioid receptors had a clear anxiolytic-like effect on the rats subjected to the elevated plus-maze but not on those subjected to the elevated T-maze; however, a clear panicolytic-like effect was observed, i.e., the defensive behaviors decreased, and the preyversus-predator interaction responses evoked by the presence of the rattlesnakes increased. A similar effect was noted when the rats were exposed to the experimental context in the absence of the venomous snake. After completing all tests, the naloxone-treated groups exhibited less anxiety/fear-induced antinociception than the control group, as measured by the tail-flick test. These findings demonstrate the anxiolytic and panicolytic-like effects of opioid receptor blockade. In addition, the fearlessness behavior displayed by preys treated with naloxone at higher doses enhanced the defensive behavioral responses of venomous snakes. (C) 2017 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/03798-0 - Involvement of opioid and endocanabinoid receptors of the substantia nigra on the activity of Nigro-Tectal GABAergic pathways during defensive behaviour elicited by rodents confronted with venomous snakes |
| Grantee: | Norberto Cysne Coimbra |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 07/01174-1 - Study of the Involvement of opioid-, serotonergic- and noradrenergic-mechanisms of the pain endogenous inhibitory system in antinociceptive processes induced by oriented escape reactions evoked by chemical stimulation of the merdial hypothalamus |
| Grantee: | Norberto Cysne Coimbra |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/22681-7 - Involvement of Opioid and Endocanabinoid Receptors of the Substantia Nigra, Pars Reticulata, in the Modulation of the Activity of Nigro-Tectal GABAergic Pathways during the Organization of Defensive Behaviour of Mice Confronted with Venomous Snakes |
| Grantee: | Rafael Carvalho Almada |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |