title: Melanotropic drugs and retinal functions. II. Effects of phenothiazine and rifampicin on the sheep ERG.
abstract: The acute effects of chlorpromazine, promethazine and rifampicin on the a-, b- and c-waves of the conventional electroretinogram (ERG) were studied in sheep. Iv administration of chlorpromazine and promethazine resulted in a b-wave amplitude decrease and an initial c-wave amplitude decrease, followed by cyclic amplitude changes resembling damped oscillations. Iv injections of rifampicin, however, resulted in cyclic changes of the c-wave amplitude without initial concomitant b-wave changes. The results of the present study indicate that rifampicin has a selective influence on the pigment epithelial cells, while chlorpromazine and promethazine seem to have more generalized retinal effects on both the neuroretina and the pigment epithelial cells.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004596:Electroretinography; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D011398:Promethazine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012160:Retina / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D012293:Rifampin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D011398:Promethazine; D002746:Chlorpromazine; D012293:Rifampin