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The hypothermic effects of intraperitoneal (IP) administration of the full benzodiazepine agonist lop razolam (1, 10 mg/kg); the partial agonist Ro 17-1812 (1, 10 mg/kg); the benzodiazepine receptor antagonist flumazenil (10, 20 mg/kg); the benzodiazepine inverse agonists Ro 15-4513 (1, 3, 10 mg/kg) and Ro 19-4603 (0.03, 0.1, 0.3 mg/kg) and theβ-carboline inverse agonists FG 7142 (10, 30 mg/kg) and DMCM (1, 3, 10 mg/kg) were investigated in three strains of mice. TO mice were less sensitive than CBA/cA and DBA/2 mice, since only loprazolam and the partial and fullβ-carboline inverse agonists FG 7142 and DMCM lowered body temperature in these animals. CBA/cA mice were particularly sensitive to the hypothermic effects of loprazolam and Ro 17-1812, and also responded to theβ-carboline but not the benzo diazepine inverse agonists. In contrast, DBA/2 mice responded with moderate hypothermia to loprazolam, Ro 17-1812, and to the partial inverse agonist Ro 15-4513, and exhibited marked hypothermia in response to the more efficacious benzodiazepine inverse agonist Ro 19-4603 and to FG 7142 and DMCM. Flumazenil did not alter body temperature. DBA/2 mice were also more sensitive to the convulsant activity of inverse agonists than TO mice. CBA/cA mice exhibited enhanced sensitivity to the convulsant, but not the hypothermic, effects of Ro 19-4603, showing dissociation of these responses. The mechanisms underlying the genetic differences in sensitivity of mice to the hypothermic and convulsant action of the different ligands are unknown and warrant further investigation.
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Jackson, H.C., Nutt, D.J. Strain differences in sensitivity to the hypothermic effects of benzodiazepine receptor ligands in mice. Psychopharmacology 109, 365–368 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02245884
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