title: Central serotoninmimetic action of phenylpiperazines.
abstract: Studies of 1-(m-chlorophenyl)-piperazine (m-CPP), 1-(p-chlorophenyl)-piperazine (p-CPP) and 1-phenylpiperazine (PP) were carried out on rats, mice and rabbits in order to assess their stimulatory effect on the central serotonin system. It was found out that m-CPP and p-CPP evoked a characteristic syndrome in the mouse behavior. All the phenylpiperazine derivatives stimulated the flexor reflex in the spinal rat and evoked hyperthermia in rats at a high ambient temperature (28 degrees C) and in rabbits. The above effects were abolished by cyproheptadine, a drug blocking the serotonin receptors. The obtained results indicate that the phenylpiperazine derivatives studied have a central serotoninmimetic action.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D010879:Piperazines; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; C026386:1-(4-chlorophenyl)piperazine; C031503:phenylpiperazine; C015068:1-(3-chlorophenyl)piperazine