title: Antagonism of hypothermia and behavioral response to apomorphine: a simple, rapid and discriminating test for screening antidepressants and neuroleptics.
abstract: The antagonism of hypothermia induced by two doses of apomorphine (1 to 16 mg/kg) is proposed as an improved screening test for both neuroleptics and antidepressants. Low dose apomorphine-induced hypothermia (1 mg/kg) differentiates sulpiride-like neuroleptics (which better antagonize this effect of apomorphine than other effects such as stereotyped behavior) from haloperidol-like drugs. The latter equally antagonize the two effects of apomorphine. The effects of sulpiride are also distinct from those of chlorpromazine-like drugs which strongly antagonize stereotyped behavior, but not hypothermia induced by apomorphine. Hypothermia induced by a high dose of apomorphine (16 mg/kg) is not antagonized by neuroleptics, but is strongly antagonized by antidepressants (imipramine-like drugs, amineptine, amoxapine, nomifensine, viloxazine) and potential antidepressants (beta-adrenergic stimulants). The use of these two tests rapidly screens both antidepressants and neuroleptics and classifies neuroleptics according to their profile of action on the dopaminergic system.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001058:Apomorphine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic / Q000187:drug effects; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000187:drug effects; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D001058:Apomorphine