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. 2015 Aug 10;9:279. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00279

Table 4.

Serotonin receptor effects on cognitive function.

Drug Dose (mg/kg) Route Target receptor Action Species Strain Sex Task Effect References
8-OHDPAT 0.03–0.09 i.p. 5-HT1A Agonist Rat Wistar Han M MWM No effect Riekkinen et al., 1994
8-OHDPAT 0.1, 0.3 s.c. 5-HT1A Agonist Rat Wistar M MWM Impairment Meijer et al., 1998
8-OHDPAT 0.25 i.p. 5-HT1A Agonist Rat Sprague Dawley M Mod MWM Impairment Kant et al., 1998
8-OHDPAT 2 i.p. 5-HT1A Agonist Rat Sprague Dawley M SA Impairment Seibell et al., 2003
8-OHDPAT 0.125–2 i.p. 5-HT1A Agonist Rat Sprague Dawley M SA Impairment Ulloa et al., 2004
8-OHDPAT 0.125–2 i.p. 5-HT1A Agonist Rat Sprague Dawley F SA No effect Ulloa et al., 2004
8-OHDPAT 0.25–0.5 i.p. 5-HT1A Agonist Rat Wistar M Auto Impairment Meneses, 2007
8-OHDPAT 1 i.p. 5-HT1A Agonist Rat Wistar M Auto No effect Meneses, 2007
8-OHDPAT 0.031–0.25 i.p. 5-HT1A Agonist Rat Wistar M Auto Improvement Meneses and Hong, 1999
8-OHDPAT 0.062 i.p. 5-HT1A Agonist Rat Wistar M Auto Improvement Meneses et al., 1997
8-OHDPAT 1 i.p. 5-HT1A Agonist Rat Wistar M Auto No effect Meneses and Hong, 1999
8-OHDPAT 0.1–1 s.c. 5-HT1A Agonist Rat Wistar M NOR Impairment Pitsikas et al., 2005
Buspirone 10 i.p. 5-HT1A Agonist Rat Sprague Dawley M Mod MWM Impairment Kant et al., 1998
S15535 0.16–10 s.c. 5-HT1A Partial agonist Rat Wistar M SR Improvement Millan et al., 2004
S15535 0.16–0.63 s.c. 5-HT1A Partial agonist Mouse C57BL/6 M DNMTS Improvement Millan et al., 2004
S15535 1.25–5 p.o. 5-HT1A Partial agonist Rat old Wistar M DNMTS Improvement Millan et al., 2004
WAY100635 0.3–1 i.p. 5-HT1A Antagonist Rat CD-COBS M NOR No effect Pitsikas et al., 2003
WAY100635 0.3–1 s.c. 5-HT1A Antagonist Rat Wistar M NOR No effect Pitsikas et al., 2005
WAY100635 0.001–1 i.p. 5-HT1A Antagonist Rat Wistar M Auto No effect Meneses and Hong, 1999
WAY100135 5–20 i.p. 5-HT1A Antagonist Rat Wistar M Auto No effect Meneses and Hong, 1999
DOI 1 i.p. 5-HT2A/2C Agonist Rat Sprague Dawley M SA No effect Seibell et al., 2003
DOI 0.1–0.25 i.p. 5-HT2A/2C Agonist Rat Sprague Dawley M Mod MWM No effect Kant et al., 1998
DOI 0.1–1 i.p. 5-HT2A/2C Agonist Rat Wistar M Auto Impairment Meneses, 2007
DOI 0.1 i.p. 5-HT2A/2C Agonist Rat Wistar M Auto Improvement Meneses et al., 1997
ketanserin 0.001 i.p. 5-HT2 Antagonist Rat Wistar M Auto Improvement Meneses et al., 1997
M100907 0.08 i.p. 5-HT2A Antagonist Rat Wistar M DALT No effect Papakosta et al., 2013
M100907 0.1–3 i.p. 5-HT2A Antagonist Rat Wistar M Auto No effect Meneses et al., 1997
SB242084 0.5 i.p. 5-HT2C Antagonist Rat Wistar M DALT No effect Papakosta et al., 2013

Auto, autoshaping; DALT, delayed alternation; DNMTS, delayed non-match to sample; F, female; M, male; MWM, Morris water maze; Mod, modified; NOR, novel object recognition; SA, spontaneous alternation; SR, social recognition.