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Current Neurovascular Research

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ISSN (Print): 1567-2026
ISSN (Online): 1875-5739

Clozapine and Olanzapine but not Risperidone Impair the Pre-Frontal Striatal System in relation to Egocentric Spatial Orientation in a Y-Maze

Author(s): Cibele Canal Castro, Eleonora Araujo Dos Reis-Lunardelli, Werner J. Schmidt, Adriana Simon Coitinho and Ivan Izquierdo

Volume 4, Issue 4, 2007

Page: [235 - 239] Pages: 5

DOI: 10.2174/156720207782446379

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Abstract

Many studies indicate a dissociation between two forms of orientation: allocentric orientation, in which an organism orients on the basis of cues external to the organism, and egocentric spatial orientation (ESO) by which an organism orients on the basis of proprioceptive information. While allocentric orientation is mediated primarily by the hippocampus and its afferent and efferent connections, ESO is mediated by the prefronto-striatal system. Striatal lesions as well as classical neuroleptics, which block dopamine receptors, act through the prefronto-striatal system and impair ESO. The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of the atypical antipsychotics clozapine, olanzapine and risperidone which are believed to exert its antipsychotic effects mainly by dopaminergic, cholinergic and serotonergic mechanisms. A delayed-two-alternative-choice-task, under conditions that required ESO and at the same time excluded allocentric spatial orientation was used. Clozapine and olanzapine treated rats made more errors than risperidone treated rats in the delayed alternation in comparison with the controls. Motor abilities were not impaired by any of the drugs. Thus, with regard to the delayed alternation requiring ESO, clozapine and olanzapine but not risperidone affects the prefronto-striatal system in a similar way as classical neuroleptics does.

Keywords: Allocentric spatial orientation, egocentric spatial orientation, motor abilities, dopamine receptors, classical neuroleptics, striatal lesions


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