title: Involvement of both opiate and catecholaminergic receptors in the behavioural excitation provoked by thyrotropin-releasing hormone: comparisons with amphetamine.
abstract: Following direct administration of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), but not thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) or vehicle solution, into the lateral cerebral ventricle in rats, three main categories of behaviour were provoked: activity of the normal type--stimulation of forward locomotion, head and body rearing (as shown by an enhancement in gross movements); stereotyped activity--increased grooming and head swaying (as shown by an enhancement in fine movements); abnormal behaviour--tail elevation and piloerection (as observed grossly). The behavioural excitation caused by TRH was antagonized by pretreatment of the rats with either a narcotic receptor antagonist, naloxone, an alpha-adrenergic receptor antagonists, yohimbine, or a dopaminergic receptor antagonist, haloperidol, but not with a beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist, propranolol. Intraventricular administration of amphetamine to rats caused stimulation of forward locomotion, head and body rearing, increased grooming and sniffing. Unlike TRH, amphetamine did not produce wet-dog shakes, tail elevation and piloerection. Furthermore, the amphetamine-induced excitation was antagonized by pretreatment with a dopaminergic receptor antagonist, haloperidol, but not with either naloxone, yohimbine or propranolol. The data indicate that both opiate and catecholaminergic receptors are involved in the TRH-induced behavioural excitation, whereas dopaminergic receptors are involved in amphetamine-induced excitement in the rat.
mesh_terms: D000661:Amphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008297:Male; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic / Q000502:physiology*; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000502:physiology*; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000502:physiology; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015016:Yohimbine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic; D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D015016:Yohimbine; D009270:Naloxone; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D011433:Propranolol; D000661:Amphetamine; D006220:Haloperidol