Journal
JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 9, Pages 845-853Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0269881113497613
Keywords
NMDA receptor; MK-801; locomotor activity; PPI; schizophrenia
Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of China [81171284]
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Schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental disorder and is typically triggered by subsequent insults in life. The N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist dizocilpine (MK-801) induces locomotor hyperactivity and prepulse inhibition (PPI) deficits, which can mimic the schizophrenia phenotype. In this experiment, we assessed whether neonatal exposure to MK-801 (postnatal days 5-14) could induce sensitization to both hyperactivity and PPI deficit caused by later-life acute MK-801 treatment during adolescence or adulthood. Our results showed that the hyperactivity induced by an acute MK-801 challenge was enhanced in male and female rats after neonatal MK-801 treatment. Notably, in the PPI test, adult female rats neonatally exposed to MK-801 exhibited a significantly greater reduction in PPI in response to acute MK-801 administration, whereas male rats receiving neonatal MK-801 treatment expressed attenuated PPI disruption in adulthood. Our data indicate that a combination of neonatal and later-life NMDA receptor blockades could induce sensitization in the locomotor activity of both sexes in adolescence and adulthood. In addition, a sex difference was observed in the effects of this treatment regime on PPI.
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