Metabotropic glutamate2/3 receptor agonism facilitates autonomic recovery after pharmacological panic challenge in healthy humans.
Τίτλος | Metabotropic glutamate2/3 receptor agonism facilitates autonomic recovery after pharmacological panic challenge in healthy humans. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
Authors | Agorastos, A., Demiralay C., Stiedl O., Muhtz C., Wiedemann K., & Kellner M. |
Journal | Int Clin Psychopharmacol |
Volume | 31 |
Issue | 3 |
Pagination | 176-8 |
Date Published | 2016 May |
ISSN | 1473-5857 |
Λέξεις κλειδιά | Adult, Alanine, Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Cross-Over Studies, Double-Blind Method, Healthy Volunteers, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Panic, Pilot Projects, Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate, Tetragastrin, Young Adult |
Abstract | Group II metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR2/3) are suggested to modulate anxiety, arousal, and stress including autonomic control. However, no study has investigated mGluR2/3-related effects on baseline autonomic activity and reactivity to emotional challenge in humans as yet. Using a double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled, cross-over study design, we investigated the influence of a 1-week treatment with the mGluR2/3 agonist LY544344, prodrug of LY354740, on autonomic reactivity to a cholecystokinin tetrapeptide (CCK-4) panic challenge in eight healthy young men. The main outcome measures were time and frequency domain heart rate variability parameters during baseline, CCK-4 challenge, and recovery. There was no evidence for LY544344-mediated effects on baseline and CCK-4 challenge vagal activity, but a significantly lower recovery low frequency (%) and low frequency/high frequency ratio in the LY544344 group, suggesting enhanced autonomic recovery. This pilot study provides first human data indicating that mGluR2/3 agonism is involved in autonomic responsiveness, suggesting an important role of mGluR2/3 in central autonomic regulation. |
DOI | 10.1097/YIC.0000000000000117 |
Alternate Journal | Int Clin Psychopharmacol |
PubMed ID | 26752621 |