modafinil: 5ht2 receptors and Gaba

Posted by JohnX2 on March 26, 2002, at 18:24:56

In reply to modafinil: increase dopamine by decrease gaba?, posted by JohnX2 on March 26, 2002, at 18:17:53

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Inhibitory effects of the psychoactive drug modafinil on gamma-aminobutyric acid outflow from the cerebral cortex of the awake freely moving guinea-pig. Possible involvement of 5-hydroxytryptamine mechanisms.
Tanganelli S, Fuxe K, Ferraro L, Janson AM, Bianchi C.
Department of Pharmacology, University of Ferrara, Italy.
The effects of modafinil on acetylcholine and GABA outflow from the cerebral cortex of awake freely moving guinea pigs provided with an epidural cup were studied. In the dose range of 3-30 mg/kg s.c. modafinil produced a dose dependent significant inhibition of GABA outflow without influencing cortical acetylcholine release. Methysergide (2 mg/kg, i.p.) and ketanserin (0.5 mg/kg, i.p.) but not prazosin (0.14 mg/kg, i.p.) counteracted the inhibitory action of modafinil on cortical GABA outflow. Modafinil both acutely and chronically in the same dose range increased striatal 5-HIAA levels and 5-HT utilization in the rat (acute) and mouse (chronic). The action on cortical GABA release may be dependent on activity at 5-HT2 receptors, since the action of modafinil in this respect is blocked by the non-selective 5-HT antagonist methysergide and the 5-HT2 antagonist ketanserin. The involvement of 5-HT mechanisms in the inhibitory action of modafinil on cortical GABA release is also suggested by the findings that 5-HT metabolism may become increased by modafinil at least in the striatum. The reduction of cortical GABA outflow via 5-HT2 receptors by modafinil is probably related to some of its actions on the central nervous system including behavioural effects.
PMID: 1620245 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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