title: Differentiaton of neuropharmacological actions of apomorphine and d-amphetamine.
abstract: The dopaminergic agonists apomorphine and d-amphetamine elicit hyperthermic, hyperkinetic and stereotypic responses in the rabbit. The present investigation compares the influence exerted by various serotonergic antagonists upon these activities. Apomorphine-induced hyperthemia was antagonized by p-chlorophenylalanine (pCPA), cyproheptadine and cinanserin and was restored in pCPA-pretreated rabbits by regeneration of central serotonin levels, d-Amphetamine-induced hyperthermia was reduced by pCPA; restored in pCPA-pretreated animals by regeneration of central serotonin levels; and was uninfluenced by cyproheptadine and cinanserin. Apomorphine-induced locomotor stimulation was unaltered by serotonergic antagonists; however, these same doses of anti-serotonergic agents all markedly reduced d-amphetamine-induced hyperkinesia. Serotonergic antgaonists also failed to affect apomorphine-induced compulsive gnawing but did significantly enhance d-amphetamine-induced compulsive gnawing. It is concluded from these data that the neuropharmacological activities of apopmorphine and d-amphetamine in the rabbit differ in their dependence upon central serotonergic mechanisms.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001058:Apomorphine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000032:analysis / Q000187:drug effects; D002928:Cinanserin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003533:Cyproheptadine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003913:Dextroamphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology; D004347:Drug Interactions; D010134:Fenclonine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D011817:Rabbits; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects; D012701:Serotonin / Q000032:analysis; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D003533:Cyproheptadine; D012701:Serotonin; D002928:Cinanserin; D001058:Apomorphine; D010134:Fenclonine; D003913:Dextroamphetamine; D004298:Dopamine