title: [Effect of preparations that alter catecholaminergic processes on the serotoninergic syndrome of head twitching in mice].
abstract: Specific neuroleptics suppressed head twitching (HT) in mice, provoked by d,1-5-hydroxytryptophane (200 mg/kg i. p.) in doses starting from 0.00025 mg/kg (spiroperidol). L-DOPA and piribedil inhibited HT in doses from 25 and 50 mg/kg respectively, whereas apomorphine and d,1-amphetamine in doses of 1 up to 10 mg/kg exerted ambivalent activity. HT was significantly attenuated by clonidine in doses from 0.25 mg/kg, whereas by noradrenaline, isoprenaline and naphthizine, injected into the brain ventricles, in doses of 1 microgram, and 0.025 microgram per mouse respectively. Destruction of brain catecholaminergic neurons by intraventricular 6-hydroxydopamine (50 micrograms per mouse) caused a strong enhancement of HT. However, partial protection of the adrenergic (but not the dopaminergic) neurons by pretreatment with desipramine or similar drug AW 15,1129 eliminated the protective effect of 6-hydroxydopamine. It is concluded that there is the dopaminergic link in the mechanism of HT and that the stimulation of the central adrenoreceptors inhibits HT.
mesh_terms: D006916:5-Hydroxytryptophan / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006257:Head; D051379:Mice; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects*; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic / Q000187:drug effects*; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000187:drug effects*; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000187:drug effects; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects*; D013577:Syndrome; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D006916:5-Hydroxytryptophan
vernacular_title: Vliianie preparatov, izmeniaiushchikh katekholaminergicheskie protsessy, na serotoninergicheskiĭ sindrom vstriakhivaniia golovoĭ u mysheĭ.