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  • Title: Phencyclidine selectively blocks a spinal action of N-methyl-D-aspartate in mice.
    Author: Aanonsen LM, Wilcox GL.
    Journal: Neurosci Lett; 1986 Jun 18; 67(2):191-7. PubMed ID: 2425302.
    Abstract:
    Excitatory amino acids (EAAs) administered intrathecally (i.t.) in the mouse elicit a caudally directed biting and scratching behavior. N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) is a potent agonist that produces this behavior, and its action is inhibited by the NMDA receptor antagonist, D-2-aminophosphonovaleric acid (D-APV). The behavioral response to the agonists resembles the response to i.t. substance P (SP) except that the response to the EAAs is more intense and, at higher doses, is accompanied by vocalization. The behavioral response to i.t. EAAs is not enhanced by i.t. SP. Whereas [D-Ala2-D-Leu5]enkephalin (DADL) and norepinephrine (NE) inhibit SP-induced biting and scratching, these compounds only partially inhibit EAA-induced behavior. Phencyclidine (PCP), on the other hand, inhibits completely NMDA-induced behavior but not behavior induced by SP or other EAAs. We conclude that the behavior induced by i.t. EAAs is mediated by spinal EAA receptors and that this response is pharmacologically distinct from responses to SP.
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