title: Anomalous behavioral response to imidazoleacetic acid, a GABA agonist, in animals treated chronically with haloperidol.
abstract: Short-term haloperidol treatment decreases the stimulant effects of drugs with dopaminelike actions, while withdrawal from long-term haloperidol treatment enhances the effects of such drugs. In the present study, we have shown that withdrawal from long-term haloperidol treatment decreases or eliminates the tendency for imidazole-4-acetic acid, a GABA agonist, to decrease the locomotor activity of mice. Acute haloperidol treatment did not duplicate these effects. It is suggested that chronic administration of haloperidol causes changes in a variety of systems in the brain, and that the GABA system in particular is profoundly altered by such treatment.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000187:drug effects; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000187:drug effects; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007093:Imidazoles; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; C005954:imidazoleacetic acid; D006220:Haloperidol