title: Interaction between d-amphetamine and ethanol with respect to locomotion, stereotypies, ethanol sleeping time, and the kinetics of drug elimination.
abstract: The interaction between d-amphetamine and ethanol with respect to locomotor activity, stereotyped behavior, and sleeping time was investigated in rats. Ethanol 0.8 g/kg i.p. enhanced and prolonged locomotor activity produced by d-amphetamine 1 mg/kg s.c. The increased motility after 5 mg/kg d-amphetamine was not influenced by alcohol 0.8 g/kg i.p. or 3.2 g/kg orally, but slightly protracted. Stereotyped head and paw movements, as well as stereotyped licking, were distinctly strengthened and protracted by 3.2 g/kg ethanol orally. The modified d-amphetamine motility and stereotypies can be explained by alcohol-induced proloneation of the life of d-amphetomine. The effect is produced by alcohol's inhibition d-amphetamine p-hydroxylation in rat liver. After 3.2 g/kg ethanol i.p., the sleeping time of male rats amounted to 153 min. Simultaneous administration of 5 mg/kg d-amphetamine s.c. reduced the sleeping time to 84 min. This is obviously based on a central antagonism.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001519:Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D003913:Dextroamphetamine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D012890:Sleep / Q000187:drug effects*; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D010136:p-Hydroxyamphetamine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D010136:p-Hydroxyamphetamine; D003913:Dextroamphetamine