title: Effects of centrally administered H2 antagonists on motor activity.
abstract: Two structurally distinct H2 antagonists, cimetidine and BMY 25,368, were injected into the cerebral ventricles of mice. Both drugs produced reductions in locomotor activity and rotorod latencies. The effects of the H2 antagonists on locomotor activity were attenuated by the H2 agonist, impromidine, as well as by the H1 antagonist, chlorpheniramine. When given alone, chlorpheniramine had no effect on locomotor activity, while impromidine reduced locomotion. These data suggest that histaminergic receptors may mediate important actions on arousal and sedation mechanisms.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002744:Chlorpheniramine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D017446:Impromidine; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011969:Receptors, Histamine H1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D011970:Receptors, Histamine H2 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists; D007093:Imidazoles; D010880:Piperidines; D011969:Receptors, Histamine H1; D011970:Receptors, Histamine H2; D002744:Chlorpheniramine; D002927:Cimetidine; C052576:BMY 25368; D017446:Impromidine