[3H]zolpidem binding in alcohol-preferring and non-preferring rat brain. Altering the concentration of GABA in the synaptic cleft potentiates miniature IPSCs in rat occipital cortex. Action of zolpidem on responses to GABA in relation to mRNAs for GABA(A) receptor alpha subunits within single cells: evidence for multiple functional GABA(A) isoreceptors on individual neurons. Zolpidem physical dependence assessed across increasing doses under a once-daily dosing regimen in baboons. Ambien online references

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Neurosci Lett. 1997 Dec 5;238(3):103-6.
[3H]zolpidem binding in alcohol-preferring and non-preferring rat brain.

Chen F, Rezvani A, Jarrott B, Lawrence AJ.

Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

The present study has employed in vitro autoradiography to study the distribution and density of [3H]zolpidem binding sites, which are regarded as an index of ethanol-sensitive gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)A receptors, in the brains of alcohol-preferring Fawn-Hooded (FH) rats compared to non-alcohol preferring Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. Binding of [3H]zolpidem showed a similar distribution profile in both rat strains examined and included cerebellum, globus pallidus, nucleus of the solitary tract and a number of midbrain/hindbrain nuclei. Densitometric quantitation of binding revealed that FH rats possessed a significantly higher density of [3H]zolpidem binding compared to WKY rats in cortical regions, substantia nigra pars reticulata and the ventral pallidum. These data indicate that FH rats may have an increased number of ethanol-sensitive GABA(A) receptors in regions intimately involved in reward processes, and may partially explain the alcohol-seeking nature of the FH rat.

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Eur J Neurosci. 2000 Jan;12(1):400-4.
Altering the concentration of GABA in the synaptic cleft potentiates miniature IPSCs in rat occipital cortex.

Perrais D, Ropert N.

Institut Alfred Fessard, CNRS UPR 2212, 1, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

We have tested the effect of dextran (40 kDa, 5%) on miniature IPSCs (mIPSCs) recorded in layer V cortical pyramidal cells. This compound increases the amplitude of mIPSCs at room and physiological temperatures by 15%, leaving their duration unaffected at room temperature and slightly increased at physiological temperature. The amplitude increase is attributable to an increase in the number of receptors bound by GABA during synaptic transmission, as shown by the occlusion between the effects of dextran and zolpidem on mIPSC amplitude at room temperature. As dextran presumably enhances the concentration and dwell time of GABA in the synaptic cleft, these results demonstrate that the postsynaptic GABAA receptors are not saturated at room and physiological temperatures.

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Neuropharmacology. 1997 Nov-Dec;36(11-12):1641-52.
Action of zolpidem on responses to GABA in relation to mRNAs for GABA(A) receptor alpha subunits within single cells: evidence for multiple functional GABA(A) isoreceptors on individual neurons.

Criswell HE, McCown TJ, Moy SS, Oxford GS, Mueller RA, Morrow AL, Breese GR.

UNC Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599, USA. hcriswell

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The relationship between zolpidem sensitivity and GABA(A) receptor alpha subunits was studied in individual dissociated neurons from rat brain. Using whole-cell recording, similar EC50 values were demonstrated for the effect of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) on gated-chloride currents from substantia nigra reticulata (SNR) and lateral septal neurons. Subsequently, many neurons from both the SNR or lateral septum were found to exhibit enhanced GABA-gated chloride currents across concentrations of zolpidem ranging from 10 to 300 nM. Some neurons exhibited a greater than 20% increase in responsiveness to GABA at 30 nM of zolpidem without further increase at higher concentrations of zolpidem. Conversely, zolpidem enhancement of GABA from another group of neurons was not observed at 30 nM zolpidem, but between 100 and 300 nM the response to GABA increased greater than 20%. Finally, a third group of neurons reached both of these criteria for zolpidem enhancement of GABA. This latter spectrum of responses to GABA after varying concentrations of zolpidem was consistent with the presence of either two GABA(A) receptors or a single receptor with differing affinities for zolpidem on an individual neuron. Following determination of the sensitivity of neurons from SNR or lateral septum to zolpidem, cytoplasm was extracted from some individual cells to allow identification of cellular mRNAs for the alpha1, alpha2 and alpha3 GABA(A) receptor subunits with RT-PCR. Those neurons that responded to the 30 nM zolpidem concentration invariably expressed the alpha1-GABA(A) receptor subunit. This result is consistent with the GABA(A) alpha1-receptor subunit being an integral part of a functional high-affinity zolpidem type 1-BZD receptor complex on neurons in brain. Those neurons which showed enhancement of GABA from 100 to 300 nM zolpidem contained mRNAs for the alpha2 and/or the alpha3 receptor subunits, a finding consistent with these alpha subunits forming type 2-BZD receptors. Some individual dissociated SNR neurons were sensitive to both low and high concentrations of zolpidem and contained mRNAs for all three alpha-receptor subunits. These latter individual neurons are proposed to have at least two functional GABA(A) receptor subtypes. Thus, the present investigation emphasizes the importance of characterizing the relationship between endogenous GABA(A) receptor function and the presence of specific structural components forming GABA(A) receptor subtypes on neurons.

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J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1998 Apr;285(1):41-53.
Zolpidem physical dependence assessed across increasing doses under a once-daily dosing regimen in baboons.

Weerts EM, Ator NA, Grech DM, Griffiths RR.

Behavioral Biology Research Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224-6823, USA.

The current study examined behavioral effects and possible development of physical dependence after once-daily doses of zolpidem (0, 1.0, 3.2, 10.0, 32.0 mg/kg intragastrically [i.g.]) in three baboons. Each dose was administered for 17 days and then the dose was increased; the 32.0 mg/kg dose was administered for 27 days. Baboons had access to food pellets for 20 hr/day beginning 15 min after dosing. Each day, baboons were presented with a fine motor task. Observation sessions were conducted 1 hr after dosing on days 1, 10, 12 and 14 of each dose condition and after termination of drug dosing. On days 10 and 14 of each dose condition, vehicle and flumazenil (5 mg/kg i.m.) were administered, respectively. Zolpidem increased the number of pellets obtained by two of three baboons. Vomit and/or retch and grimace (signs believed to be indicative of abdominal discomfort) were observed in one or two baboons during all zolpidem dose conditions (1.0-32.0 mg/kg). Time to complete the fine motor task increased dose-dependently in all three baboons, and incoordination was observed during the task in two baboons at 10.0 and 32.0 mg/kg. Analysis of blood plasma showed that measurable levels of zolpidem were present 24 hr after dosing in all drug conditions. The signs of flumazenil-precipitated withdrawal were summarized on a 9-point scale. Scores ranged from 1 to 5 in the 1.0 mg/kg condition, from 2 to 5 in the 3.2 and 10.0 mg/kg conditions and from 4 to 6 in the 32.0 mg/kg condition. Signs that were considered intermediate in severity were observed. Specifically, tremor, jerk and/or rigidly braced posture was observed in one baboon at 1.0 mg/kg, two baboons at the next two doses and all three baboons at 32.0 mg/kg. Vomit and/or retch also occurred in two baboons at dose conditions above 1.0 mg/kg. Discontinuation of zolpidem dosing after 78 to 79 days resulted in mild withdrawal signs (e.g., number of pellets obtained were lower and number of 1-min intervals increased in which eyes were closed, or in which lying down, head lower than torso posture and/or withdrawn posture were observed) on the first day in two baboons. The peak withdrawal scores were 4 or 5 on days 5 to 10; two baboons vomited and/or retched and all three baboons showed tremor, jerk and/or rigidly braced posture. Thus, zolpidem produced physical dependence under once-daily dosing conditions, and the severity of the withdrawal syndrome can be characterized as intermediate.

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