title: The effects of amphetamine isomers on rotarod performance.
abstract: The amphetamine isomers impair the rotarod performance of rats in a dose-related manner, with (+)-amphetamine approximately four-times as potent as its (-)-isomer. At a rotation speed of 4 rpm, 60 min after i.p. administration, the TD50 values (mg/kg) were: (+)-amphetamine, 24 (21.9-26.4) and (-)-amphetamine, 96 (76.3-118.4), with the curves not deviating from parallelism. Coadministration of the peripheral cholinesterase inhibitor neostigmine salicylate (0.005 mg/kg) attenuated (+)-amphetamine neurotoxicity [30 (26.4-34.1)]. These results, in conjunction with previously reported effects of the drug on isolated nerve-muscle preparations, suggest that the muscle weakness produced by high doses of amphetamine may result from inhibition of transmission at the neuromuscular junction.
mesh_terms: D000662:Amphetamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D009388:Neostigmine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000187:drug effects; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000662:Amphetamines; D009388:Neostigmine