NMDA/glutamate mechanism of magnesium-induced anxiolytic-like behavior in mice.
Journal Title: Pharmacological Reports - Year 2008, Vol 60, Issue 5
Abstract
The anxiolytic-like activity of magnesium in mice during the elevated plus maze (EPM) has been demonstrated previously. In the present study, we examined the involvement of NMDA/glutamate receptor ligands on the magnesium effect on the EPM. We demonstrated that low, ineffective doses of NMDA antagonists (the competitive NMDA antagonist CGP 37849, 0.3 mg/kg; an antagonist of the glycineB sites, L-701,324, 1 mg/kg; a partial agonist of the glycine(B) sites, D-cycloserine, 2.5 mg/kg; and the non-competitive NMDA antagonist MK-801, 0.05 mg/kg) administered together with an ineffective dose of magnesium (10 mg/kg) evoked a significant increase in the percentage of time spent in the open arm of the maze (an index of anxiety). Moreover, magnesium-induced anxiolytic-like activity (20 mg/kg) was antagonized by D-serine (100 nmol/mouse), an agonist of glycineB site of the NMDA receptor complex. The present study demonstrates the involvement of the NMDA/glutamate pathway in the magnesium anxiolytic-like activity in the EPM in mice, and that this activity particularly involves the glycine(B) sites.
Authors and Affiliations
Ewa Poleszak, Piotr Wlaź, Andrzej Wróbel, Sylwia Fidecka, Gabriel Nowak
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