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ArticlePsychopharmacology1996

Effects of the selective angiotensin II receptor antagonists losartan and PD123177 in animal models of anxiety and memory.

J Shepherd, D J Bill, C T Dourish, S S Grewal, A McLenachan, K J Stanhope

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Article in Psychopharmacology, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J ShepherdDepartment of Neuropharmacology, Wyeth Research UK Ltd., Berkshire, UK.
D J Bill
C T Dourish
S S Grewal
A McLenachan
K J Stanhope
Huntercombe Hospital · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is increasing interest in the potential functional role of the octapeptide angiotensin II (AII) in psychiatric and cognitive disorders. The novel angiotensin II (AII) receptor antagonists, losartan and PD123177, selective for the AT1 and AT2 receptor subtypes respectively, constitute important pharmacological tools for the assessment of the behavioural consequences of modulation of AII function. The present series of studies investigated the effects of each compound in two animal models of anxiety, the rat elevated zero-maze and mouse light/dark box, and two models of working memory in the rat, the operant delayed matching to position (DMTP) task and the spatial reinforced alternation test in the T-maze. Our data indicate that both compounds (0.01-10 mg/kg s.c.) were without significant effect in any of the behavioural assays. Using the present methods and strains of laboratory rodents, these findings provide no support for the involvement of AII receptor function in the mediation of anxiety of working memory.

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Angiotensin Receptor AntagonistsAngiotensin IIAnimalsAnti-Anxiety AgentsAnxietyBiphenyl CompoundsDiazepamDose-Response Relationship, DrugImidazolesLosartanMaleMemoryMotor ActivityPyridinesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyAngiotensin IIAngiotensin Receptor AntagonistsAnti-Anxiety AgentsBiphenyl CompoundsDiazepamImidazolesLosartanPD 123177PyridinesScopolamineTetrazoles

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