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. 1985;86(3):313-7.
doi: 10.1007/BF00432220.

Effects of valproate on hyponeophagia in rats: competitive antagonism with picrotoxin and non-competitive antagonism with RO 15-1788

Effects of valproate on hyponeophagia in rats: competitive antagonism with picrotoxin and non-competitive antagonism with RO 15-1788

R A Shephard et al. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 1985.

Abstract

The effects of valproate (30-500 mg/kg), alone and in combination with picrotoxin (1.5 mg/kg) or RO 15-1788 (10 mg/kg) were studied in two experiments on hyponeophagia in rats. Valproate reduced eating latency and increased eating time and amount eaten of novel food, except at 500 mg/kg which reduced feeding. Picrotoxin induced generally opposite actions alone and shifted valproate dose/response curves to the right. RO 15-1788 had no detectable intrinsic action, but prevented both the behavioural facilitation and inhibition produced by valproate. These findings are discussed in the context of the GABA hypothesis of benzodiazepine action, with the conclusions that they provide behavioural support for the hypothesis of a receptor complex with GABA and benzodiazepine binding sites, and that an optimal and submaximal level of activity at the benzodiazepine site is a necessary condition for anxiolytic actions of valproate.

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