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ArticleBehavioural brain research2019

The effects of amphetamine on working memory and locomotor activity in adult rats administered risperidone early in life.

Mark E Bardgett, Casey Crane, Emily C Baltes Thompson, Bethanie Cox, Tyler Downnen

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Article in Behavioural brain research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Long-term effects of adolescent risperidone treatment on the mouse cortex.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mark E BardgettDepartment of Psychological Science, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY 41076, United States. Electronic address: bardgettm@nku.edu.
Casey CraneDepartment of Psychological Science, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY 41076, United States.
Emily C Baltes ThompsonDepartment of Psychological Science, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY 41076, United States.
Bethanie CoxDepartment of Psychological Science, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY 41076, United States.
Tyler DownnenDepartment of Psychological Science, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY 41076, United States.
Northern Kentucky University · US

Funding

WKU Lead Faculty AwardP20GM103436 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI ERIC C ROUCHKA · 2012 to 2026
$60.1M
Long-term effects early-life antipsychotic drug treatmentR15DA041708 · NIDA · NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY · PI BARDGETT, MARK EDWARD · 2016 to 2016
$398k
NIDA NIH HHS R15 DA041708NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103436
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antipsychotic drugs are used to manage symptoms of pediatric psychiatric disorders despite the relative absence of research regarding the long-term effects of these drugs on brain development. Using rats as a model, research has demonstrated that administration of the antipsychotic drug, risperidone, during early postnatal development elevates locomotor activity and sensitivity to the locomotor effects of amphetamine during adulthood. Because risperidone targets neurotransmitter receptors and forebrain regions associated with working memory, the present study determined whether early-life risperidone altered working memory during adulthood and its sensitivity to amphetamine-induced impairment. Female and male rats received subcutaneous (sc) injections of risperidone daily on postnatal days 14-42. Early-life risperidone increased spontaneous locomotor activity and amphetamine-induced hyperactivity during adulthood, although the effects were significantly greater in females. Working memory was tested in an operant-based, delayed non-matching-to-sample task. Early-life risperidone did not affect the percentage of correct choices observed during sessions with 0-8 second delays but impaired performance during sessions with 0-24 second delays. In a subsequent set of tests using 0-24 second delays, amphetamine (0.75 and 1.25 mg/kg, sc) significantly reduced the percentage of correct choices at most delays, but risperidone did not exacerbate this effect. These data suggest that early-life risperidone leads to modest deficits in working memory during adulthood, but does not alter the perturbation of working memory by amphetamine.

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AmphetamineAnimalsAntipsychotic AgentsBehavior, AnimalFemaleLocomotionMaleMemory, Short-TermRatsRats, Long-EvansRisperidoneTime FactorsAmphetamineAntipsychotic AgentsRisperidoneAntipsychoticCatecholamineDelayed non-matching-to-sampleDevelopmentDopamineForebrainFrontal cortexLearning

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PMID30594546
PMCPMC6448153
OpenAlexW2907710007

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