title: Effect of drugs influencing central 5-hydroxytryptamine mechanisms on amantadine-induced stereotyped behaviour in the rat.
abstract: Pretreatment with L-tryptophan, a precursor of 5-HT, was found to decrease the intensity of stereotyped behaviour induced by amantadine, while methysergide, a 5-HT antagonist, was found to increase the intensity of amantadine-induced stereotypy. These results suggest that the intensity of amantadine-induced stereotypy depends on the balance between central dopamine and 5-HT systems and that the central 5-HT systems may have an opposing, tonic effect upon central dopamine systems involved in the mediation of stereotypy. In contrast to L-tryptophan, however, pretreatment with quipazine, a 5-HT agonist, and clomipramine, a selective 5-HT neuronal reuptake blocker, was found to potentiate the stereotyped behaviour induced by amantadine.
mesh_terms: D000547:Amantadine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002997:Clomipramine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008784:Methysergide / Q000494:pharmacology; D011814:Quipazine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin; D011814:Quipazine; D014364:Tryptophan; D000547:Amantadine; D002997:Clomipramine; D008784:Methysergide