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  • Title: Forebrain serotonergic involvement in avoidance learning.
    Author: Ogren SO, Johansson C, Magnusson O.
    Journal: Neurosci Lett; 1985 Aug 05; 58(3):305-9. PubMed ID: 2995878.
    Abstract:
    The one-way active avoidance deficit caused by the serotonergic (5-HT) releasing compound p-chloroamphetamine (PCA) was examined in rats after degeneration of 5-HT neurons in the forebrain. Injection of 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT) into the forebrain in desipramine (20 mg/kg)-pretreated rats resulted in a 65-70% decrease in 5-HT concentrations in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus without any significant effect on striatal 5-HT. Slight reductions in noradrenaline (NA) (25%) and dopamine (DA) (34%) concentrations were observed in the prefrontal cortex only. The 5,7-DHT lesions markedly attenuated the impaired avoidance performance induced by PCA (2.5 mg/kg), suggesting that the avoidance deficit depends on intact 5-HT terminals in cortex and/or hippocampus. The 5,7-DHT lesion alone caused a slight but significant impairment of acquisition. The results suggest that 5-HT terminal systems in the forebrain play an important role in avoidance learning.
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