¿9-tetrahydrocannabinol and anandamide enhance the ability of muscimol to induce catalepsy in the globus pallidus of rats

A P Wickens, Roger Guy Pertwee

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Abstract

Doses of 3 or 30 mug of DELTA9-tetrahydrocannabinol markedly increased the ability of 25 ng of muscimol to delay the descent of rats from a horizontal bar (descent latency) when these drugs were coadministered bilaterally into the globus pallidus. Intrapallidal injections of 30 mug of the putative endogenous cannabinoid, anandamide, also increased the effect of muscimol on descent latency. These data indicate that the production of catalepsy by cannabinoids may depend at toast in part on an ability to enhance GABAergic transmission in the globus pallidus and support the hypothesis that anandamide is indeed an endogenous ligand for the cannabinoid receptor.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)205-208
Number of pages4
JournalEuropean Journal of Pharmacology
Volume250
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Nov 1993

Keywords

  • DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL
  • ANANDAMIDE
  • MUSCIMOL
  • GLOBUS PALLIDUS
  • CATALEPSY
  • DRUG INTERACTION
  • ENANTIOMERIC CANNABINOIDS
  • RECEPTOR
  • CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE
  • BRAIN
  • MICE
  • ¿9-Tetrahydrocannabinol
  • Anandamide
  • Muscimol
  • Globus pallidus
  • Catalepsy
  • Drug interaction

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