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L18 antixoyltic Flashcards

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optogenetic and pharmacogenetic tools,
together with novel imaging techniques
* visualisation and functional analysis of
cellular networks

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optogenetics

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channelrhodopsin-2 (a light-gated ion channel)

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electrophysiology

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  • glutamatergic and GABAergic
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anxiogenic pathway

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glutamatergic - increase anxiety

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anxiolytic pathway -

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GABAergic - decrease anxiety

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Amygdala and BNST (bed nucleus of the stria terminalis) both have which pathways

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  • BLA-vHC - anxiogenic
  • BLA-CEA - anxiolytic
  • anxiogenic pathway - glutamatergic
  • anxiolytic pathway - GABAergic
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Tests used in anxiolytic drug discovery

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  • open field test
  • elevated plus maze
  • light/dark box
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Approach-avoidance conflict tests

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generate a conflict between a drive to approach novel areas and to avoid potential threat simultaneously

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Measuring anxiety in animals (Measure behavioural and physiological effects in experimental animals)

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  • behavioural inhibition, e.g., immobility or suppression of a behavioural response
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GABA

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  • g-aminobutyric acid.
  • the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain
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GABA(A) receptor

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  • native: two a subunits, two b subunits and one subunit of a third type (e.g., g)
  • most abundant: alpha-1 beta-2 gamma-2
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Benzodiazepines can work on GABA receptors w/o GABA (t/f)

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False

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benzodiazepines as positive allosteric modulator (PAM)

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  • binding site at the α/γ interface
  • affinity for GABA and the frequency of channel opening ↑
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Benzodiazepines and efficacy and potentiation

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No effect on efficacy but increases potentiation

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If GABA receptor has a1/a2/a3/a5 subunits

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Sensitive to benzodiazepines

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If GABA receptor has a4/a6 subunits

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Insensitive to Benzodiazepine

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Why are some GABA receptors insensitive to Benzodiazepine

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  • histidine at position 101 (α1 numbering) is crucial for the action of benzodiazepines
  • introduction of point mutation (histidine to arginine, H to R)
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Sedation GABA subunit involved

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sedation - decreased motor activity in wild-type but not a1

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Memory impairment GABA subunit involved

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absent in a1 Mutatant mice

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anticonvulsant effects GABA subunit involved

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  • reduced in a1 H101R mice
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anxiolytic GABA subunit involved

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  • absent in a2
  • but not a3
  • involvement of the a2 subunit
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α1 subunit-mediated effects

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  1. Hypnotic and sedative effects
  2. Anticonvulsant effects
  3. Anterograde amnesia
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Hypnotic and sedative effects

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[a1] ↓ sleep latency and ↑ sleep duration; short acting preferred; long-acting drugs lead to drowsiness

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Anticonvulsant effects

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[a1] anticonvulsant activity is common to benzodiazepines

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Anterograde amnesia

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[a1] prevent memory of events experienced under the influence of drugs; can also be α5-mediated

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α2 subunit-mediated

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  1. Anxiolytic effects
  2. Muscle relaxant effects
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Anxiolytic effects

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[a2] short acting drugs may paradoxically increase aggression due to withdrawal syndromes

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Muscle relaxant effects

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[a2] act through the GABA(A) receptor in the spinal cord; facilitates anxiolytic effects (↑ muscle tone is common to anxiety)

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Benzodiazepines info

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  • short, intermediate, and long acting
  • orally active and well absorbed
  • fast onset of therapeutic effects
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Benzodiazepines treat

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  • acute anxiety
  • behavioural emergencies
  • premedication for surgery and procedures
  • alcohol withdrawal
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Undesirable effects during therapeutic use of Benzodiazepines

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  • drowsiness, amnesia and impaired coordination
  • duration of action of drugs is important
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Name two Benzodiazepines drugs

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Diazepam and oxazepam both active

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Benzodiazepines Tolerance and dependence

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  • therapeutic effects ↓ when given the same dose
  • use < 2 weeks
  • withdrawal on abrupt cessation e.g., rebound anxiety, tremor, sleep disturbance, loss of appetite
  • short-acting drugs are more problematic
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Benzodiazepines Acute overdose

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  • relatively safe
  • treated with i.v. flumazenil (compete with benzodiazepines-binding site)
  • short DoA
  • long-acting *benzodiazepine overdose - repeated flumazenil injection
  • combined with other CNS depressants (alcohol/opioids) - severe respiratory depression
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Diazepam and oxazepam phase metabolism

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D= 1 and 2
O= just 2
2= glucuronidation

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diazepam and oxazepam DoA

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  • both can be prescribed
  • duration of action - long vs. short
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Benzodiazepines for elderly

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PK consideration
* e.g., metabolism
PD consideration
* sensitivity to drugs: sedation ↑ > anxiolytic ↑

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Buspirone as anxioltyic

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  • delayed anxiolytic effects - somatodendritic 5-HT1A
    receptor desensitisation
  • generalised anxiety disorder
  • no sedation or impaired motor coordination
  • no tolerance or withdrawal effects
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Buspirone action

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a 5-HT1A
receptor partial agonist

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Buspirone adverse

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nausea, dizziness, headache, and restlessness

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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors* as anxiolytic

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  • preferred due to better adverse effect profile
  • slow onset of therapeutic effects
  • generalised, social, and/or panic disorder
  • FDA approved or off-label use
  • reduce depression associated with anxiety
  • do not produce hypnotic effect
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Extrasynaptic GABA receptors

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Continuous and independent of NT to synapse (s-gp-B)

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Synaptic GABA receptors

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respond to GABA released during neurotransmission (ms-ion-a)

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