Hallucinogen-tranquilizer interaction: its nature.
Study of the competition between hallucinogens and tranquilizers at cerebral synapses and on behavior in various species of animals indicates a continuum of effects from protection to dominance of tranquilizer toxicity as the dose of tranquilizer increases. Data on cat and monkey behavior, supplementing that on the rat, show that it is possible to arrive at a tranquilizer dose that can aggravate instead of protect, in accord with the competitive inhibitory nature of the interaction of hallucinogen and tranquilizer.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects*; D002415:Cats; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004357:Drug Synergism; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D008238:Lysergic Acid Diethylamide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D013569:Synapses / Q000187:drug effects*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects
D011955:Receptors, Drug; D008238:Lysergic Acid Diethylamide; D002746:Chlorpromazine