Memantine treatment does not affect compulsive behavior or frontostriatal connectivity in an adolescent rat model for quinpirole-induced compulsive checking behavior.
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| Title: | Memantine treatment does not affect compulsive behavior or frontostriatal connectivity in an adolescent rat model for quinpirole-induced compulsive checking behavior. |
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| Authors: | Straathof, Milou (AUTHOR), Blezer, Erwin L. A. (AUTHOR), Smeele, Christel E. (AUTHOR), van Heijningen, Caroline (AUTHOR), van der Toorn, Annette (AUTHOR), Buitelaar, Jan K. (AUTHOR), Glennon, Jeffrey C. (AUTHOR), Otte, Willem M. (AUTHOR), Dijkhuizen, Rick M. (AUTHOR), TACTICS Consortium (AUTHOR), Buitelaar, Jan (AUTHOR), de Ruiter, Saskia (AUTHOR), Naaijen, Jilly (AUTHOR), Akkermans, Sophie (AUTHOR), Mennes, Maarten (AUTHOR), Zwiers, Marcel (AUTHOR), Ilbegi, Shahrzad (AUTHOR), Hennissen, Leonie (AUTHOR), Glennon, Jeffrey (AUTHOR), van de Vondervoort, Ilse (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Psychopharmacology. Aug2022, Vol. 239 Issue 8, p2457-2470. 14p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram, 2 Graphs. |
| Subjects: | Compulsive behavior, Rats, Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging, Animal disease models, Memantine, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Saline injections, Frontal lobe |
| Abstract: | Rationale: Compulsivity often develops during childhood and is associated with elevated glutamate levels within the frontostriatal system. This suggests that anti-glutamatergic drugs, like memantine, may be an effective treatment. Objective: Our goal was to characterize the acute and chronic effect of memantine treatment on compulsive behavior and frontostriatal network structure and function in an adolescent rat model of compulsivity. Methods: Juvenile Sprague–Dawley rats received repeated quinpirole, resulting in compulsive checking behavior (n = 32; compulsive) or saline injections (n = 32; control). Eight compulsive and control rats received chronic memantine treatment, and eight compulsive and control rats received saline treatment for seven consecutive days between the 10th and 12th quinpirole/saline injection. Compulsive checking behavior was assessed, and structural and functional brain connectivity was measured with diffusion MRI and resting-state fMRI before and after treatment. The other rats received an acute single memantine (compulsive: n = 12; control: n = 12) or saline injection (compulsive: n = 4; control: n = 4) during pharmacological MRI after the 12th quinpirole/saline injection. An additional group of rats received a single memantine injection after a single quinpirole injection (n = 8). Results: Memantine treatment did not affect compulsive checking nor frontostriatal structural and functional connectivity in the quinpirole-induced adolescent rat model. While memantine activated the frontal cortex in control rats, no significant activation responses were measured after single or repeated quinpirole injections. Conclusions: The lack of a memantine treatment effect in quinpirole-induced compulsive adolescent rats may be partly explained by the interaction between glutamatergic and dopaminergic receptors in the brain, which can be evaluated with functional MRI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Rationale: Compulsivity often develops during childhood and is associated with elevated glutamate levels within the frontostriatal system. This suggests that anti-glutamatergic drugs, like memantine, may be an effective treatment. Objective: Our goal was to characterize the acute and chronic effect of memantine treatment on compulsive behavior and frontostriatal network structure and function in an adolescent rat model of compulsivity. Methods: Juvenile Sprague–Dawley rats received repeated quinpirole, resulting in compulsive checking behavior (n = 32; compulsive) or saline injections (n = 32; control). Eight compulsive and control rats received chronic memantine treatment, and eight compulsive and control rats received saline treatment for seven consecutive days between the 10th and 12th quinpirole/saline injection. Compulsive checking behavior was assessed, and structural and functional brain connectivity was measured with diffusion MRI and resting-state fMRI before and after treatment. The other rats received an acute single memantine (compulsive: n = 12; control: n = 12) or saline injection (compulsive: n = 4; control: n = 4) during pharmacological MRI after the 12th quinpirole/saline injection. An additional group of rats received a single memantine injection after a single quinpirole injection (n = 8). Results: Memantine treatment did not affect compulsive checking nor frontostriatal structural and functional connectivity in the quinpirole-induced adolescent rat model. While memantine activated the frontal cortex in control rats, no significant activation responses were measured after single or repeated quinpirole injections. Conclusions: The lack of a memantine treatment effect in quinpirole-induced compulsive adolescent rats may be partly explained by the interaction between glutamatergic and dopaminergic receptors in the brain, which can be evaluated with functional MRI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00333158 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00213-022-06139-z |
