The adaptation of the locomotor activity rhythm to a daylight reversal was previously found to be faster in C57BL/6 mice, which present a low level of melatonin, than in C3H/He mice, which exhibit a large nocturnal melatonin peak. Because pinealectomy has been shown to accelerate resynchronisation time in rats after a daylight reversal, we investigated the involvement of melatonin in the resynchronisation rate of locomotor activity rhythm in C57BL/6 and C3H/He strains. We first tested the effects of melatonin, administered at zeitgeber time (ZT) 20 (with ZT0 corresponding to light onset) for the 3 days preceding the daylight reversal, on the reentrainment of locomotor activity rhythm in both strains. Second, the effects of S-22153, a melatonin receptor antagonist, on the reentrainment of locomotor activity rhythm in C3H/He mice were examined. S-22153 was administered for the 3 days preceding the daylight reversal either at ZT12 or at ZT20, i.e., when endogenous melatonin levels are respectively low and high. Melatonin significantly delayed the resynchronisation of locomotor activity rhythm in C57BL/6 mice without affecting this parameter in C3H/He mice. S-22153 significantly accelerated the resynchronisation in C3H/He mice when administered at ZT20, but had no effect when administered at ZT12. These results support the hypothesis that the differences between C3H/He and C57BL/6 in the reentrainment of their locomotor activity rhythm depend, at least in part, on the interstrain differences in melatonin synthesis.

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Anxiolytic and sedative effects of 5-HT1A ligands, 8-OH-DPAT and MDL 73005EF, in mice.

The actions of the 5-HT1A receptor ligands, MDL 73005EF and 8-OH-DPAT, were assessed in mice. They were confronted with a free exploratory test especially adapted to reveal sedation, and with a two-box light/dark choice situation validated for the detection of anti-anxiety agents. Both drugs were found to have sedative properties at high doses and anxiolytic-like effects at lower doses. The results show that both drugs have a comparable profile of action to that of benzodiazepines in the two-box light/dark procedure. These findings are in line with earlier reports describing anxiolytic effects of 5-HT1A receptor ligands in different animal models of anxiety.

8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin↗

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[Mutagenicity testing with Drosophila as a method for detecting potential carcinogens].

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[Peutz-Jeghers syndrome].

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[An unusual case of "ocular tumor"].

It is presented a case of symptomatic separating of the retina which ophthalmoscopic examination, that with a Goldmann glass and that of echographic one have justified the enucleation for. The anatomopathological examination hasn't put in evidence any tumour and the subsequent clinical evolution has evidenced an orbital hydatid cyst.

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