The effect of darkness on amphetamine induced stereotyped behavior in cats.
Transient elimination of visual stimuli (20 min darkness in the experimental chamber) did not affect the amphetamine induced stereotyped behavior and accompanied arousal in cats. It is concluded that anqhetamine stereotyped behavior in cats represents centrally initiated event of animal response to drug which is, under some conditions, independent of environmental visual input.
D000661:Amphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D003624:Darkness; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
D000661:Amphetamine