CONTROLLABILITY AND DURATION OF STRESS ALTER CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM DEPRESSANT INDUCED SLEEP TIME IN RATS

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作者
DRUGAN, RC [1 ]
SCHER, DM [1 ]
SARABANCHONG, V [1 ]
GUGLIELMI, AM [1 ]
MENG, I [1 ]
CHANG, J [1 ]
BLOOM, K [1 ]
SYLVIA, S [1 ]
HOLMES, P [1 ]
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[1] BROWN UNIV,SCHRIER RES LAB,PROVIDENCE,RI 02912
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10.1037/0735-7044.106.4.682
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B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
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03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Rats were exposed to either 80 escapable shocks or yoked inescapable shocks and then injected with several hypnotic doses of sodium pentobarbital, midazolam, or ethanol; their sleep-time duration was compared with that of naive controls. Inescapable shock exposure resulted in a significant increase in ethanol-induced sleep time compared with the escapable shock and naive control groups. Both escape and yoked groups showed an increase in barbiturate-induced sleep time compared with controls, although no difference was observed for midazolam. Acute stress (twenty 5-s inescapable shocks) did not alter the depressant-induced sleep time for any of the drugs tested. These results illustrate the importance of psychological aspects of stress and its influence on the potency of certain depressants.
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