title: Effects of antipsychotic drugs on the long-term effects of amphetamine on nigro-striatal dopamine neurons in iprindole-treated rats.
abstract: The decrease in striatal dopamine (DA) at 1 week after the administration of a single injection of (+)-amphetamine sulfate (9.2 mg/kg) to iprindole-treated (10 mg/kg of iprindole hydrochloride) rats was prevented by haloperidol (0.2 mg/kg), sulpiride (32 mg/kg), pimozide (2 mg/kg), chlorpromazine hydrochloride (3.5 mg/kg), fluphenazine 2-hydrochloride (0.25 mg/kg) and (+)-butaclamol hydrochloride (1 mg/kg) but not by (-)-butaclamol hydrochloride (1 mg/kg) or clozapine (40 mg/kg). The same dose of sulpiride did not significantly attenuate the rotational behavior induced by the administration of (+)-amphetamine sulfate (9.2 mg/kg) to iprindole-treated rats with unilateral aspiration lesions of the striatum. The concentration of amphetamine in the brains of iprindole-treated rats at 8 h after (+)-amphetamine sulfate (9.2 mg/kg) administration was not altered by the coadministration of haloperidol (1 mg/kg), sulpiride (32 mg/kg), pimozide (2 mg/kg) or clozapine (40 mg/kg). Recovery of striatal DA after depletion by alpha-methyl-m-tyrosine (alpha MMT) (50 mg/kg) was facilitated by haloperidol (0.2 mg/kg) and sulpiride (32 mg/kg) but not by clozapine (40 mg/kg). The possibility that neuroleptic drugs antagonize both the short-term depletion of striatal DA produced by alpha MMT and the long-term depletion of striatal DA produced by amphetamine in iprindole-treated rats by an effect on the nerve impulse-mediated release of vesicular transmitter is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D003024:Clozapine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003913:Dextroamphetamine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000494:pharmacology; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007488:Iprindole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008781:Methyltyrosines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013469:Sulpiride / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D007211:Indoles; D008781:Methyltyrosines; D007488:Iprindole; D013469:Sulpiride; C031476:alpha-methyl-m-tyrosine; D003024:Clozapine; D006220:Haloperidol; D003913:Dextroamphetamine; D004298:Dopamine