title: Effect of chlorpromazine on mouse ambulatory activity sensitization caused by (+)-amphetamine.
abstract: The development of sensitization to the ambulation-increasing effect of (+)-amphetamine (2.5 mg kg-1) was found to be dose-dependently inhibited when 1 or 2 mg kg-1 chlorpromazine was administered concomitantly, and the sensitization to (+)-amphetamine was almost completely suppressed when co-administered with 4 mg kg-1 chlorpromazine. Following a challenge dose of 2.5 mg kg-1 (+)-amphetamine, mice pretreated with (+)-amphetamine alone or with (+)-amphetamine plus 1 or 2 mg kg-1 chlorpromazine showed similar marked enhancement of the sensitization. However, mice that had been given (+)-amphetamine plus 4 mg kg-1 chlorpromazine displayed only slight enhancement of the effect compared with the activity level in saline-pretreated mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Tatebayashi Kosei Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tadokoro
mesh_terms: D000661:Amphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004347:Drug Interactions; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009068:Movement / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000661:Amphetamine; D002746:Chlorpromazine