abstract：:Intravenous self-administration of d-amphetamine (0.25 mg/kg/injection) decreased in a dose-related fashion after injections of the dopaminergic agonists apomorphine and piribedil. The dopaminergic agonists appear to suppress amphetamine intake in the same way as do 'free' amphetamine injections, by extending drug sat...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Yokel RA,Wise RA

更新日期：1978-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The administration of trycyclic antidepressants followed by reserpine-like drugs elicits a pattern of stereotyped locomotor activity. Using desmethylimipramine (DMI) followed by tetrabenazine (TBZ), activity could be reliably elicited only in young rats, and only by using very high doses of TBZ. The latency of onset o...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Willner P,Clark D

更新日期：1978-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Physostigmine (1.0mg) or placebo were administered intravenously over 1-h period to seven male normal volunteers beginning 35 min after sleep onset. The results indicate that physostigmine induced the onset of REM sleep but did not significantly alter the duration of individual REM sleep periods. Physostigmine signifi...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Gillin JC,Sitaram N,Mendelson WB,Wyatt RJ

更新日期：1978-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were trained to bar-press for intravenous infusions of morphine sulfate during 1-h daily test sessions. Rates of morphine self-administration were enhanced by lesions of the frontal cortex and hippocampus and transiently reduced by lesions of the medial forebrain bundle and medial thalamus. Dose-response studies ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Glick SD,Cox RD

更新日期：1978-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:During the third week of life, a hyperactive period for laboratory rat, the occurrence of 8 behavioral categories was recorded in individual littermates transferred to a novel environment. Neonatal destruction of the catecholaminergic system by intraventricular injection of 6-OH-DA resulted in increased motor activity...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Stoof JC,Duijkstra H,Hillegers JP

更新日期：1978-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To confirm the conclusions from a previous study supporting the usefullness of electropupillogram (E.P.G.) in predicting clinical response, data from three separate studies with hyperkinetic and learning disabled (L.D.) children treated with stimulants were surveyed. Change in extent of pupillary contraction (E.C.) af...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Bhatara V,Arnold LE,Knopp W,Smeltzer DJ

更新日期：1978-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of methaqualone on isonicotinic acid hydrazide, 6-mercapto propionic acid, picrotoxin, and strychnine-induced convulsion were studied in mice and the results compared with diazepam. Methaqualone, like diazepam, was found to be a selective antagonist of isoniazid-induced convulsion and a much less effective...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Naik SR,Naid PR,Sheth UK

更新日期：1978-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the intravenous administration of ergot alkaloids on epileptic responses to intermittent photic stimulation )IPS) has been studied in adolescent baboons, Papio papio, from Senegal. Ergocornine, 1--2 mg/kg, produced marked autonomic and behavioural effects, slowed the EEG, and abolished myoclonic response...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Anlezark G,Meldrum B

更新日期：1978-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The action of copper (CuSO4, 5 mg/kg, oral) on selected neuropharmacological actions of cannabis resin (CI, oral) was studied on albino rats and mice. Copper potentiated the barbiturate hypnosis-potentiating activity of CI in albino rats and mice and had no effect on hypothermic activity in albino rats. Single doses o...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Singh PP,Das PK

更新日期：1978-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the possible effects of central GABA activation on the consolidation of shock avoidance, the GABA-T inhibitor amino-oxyacetic acid (AOAA) was administered posttrial to adult male rats. Learning was assessed over nine widely spaced sessions of 20 trials each. AOAA-treated animals showed learning with...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Katz RJ,Liebler L

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The time course of light adaptation after intense light exposure is significantly delayed by alcohol, marijuana, and a combined dose of alcohol and marijuana. These effects were found in a double blind experiment, using 10 subjects. The experimental treatments were placebo, 0.75 ml/kg of 95% ethanol, 8 and 15 mg of de...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Adams AJ,Brown B,Haegerstrom-Portnoy G,Flom MC,Jones RT

更新日期：1978-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of cyclical (circadian) variations in lithium toxicity in mice was determined. Mice, standardized to a light-dark cycle, were injected with lithium chloride (940 mg/kg) at one of six times (20:00, 24:00, 4:00, 8:00, 12:00, and 16:00) and subsequently observed for mortality over 28 h. A significant (P les...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Hawkins R,Kripke DF,Janowsky DS

更新日期：1978-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of postethanol treatment with L-Dopa, aminophylline and/or ephedrine was investigated. In one experiment, healthy, male, moderate drinkers ingested ethanol (0.8 g/kg) and then either L-Dopa (1.5 g), or placebo. In a second experiment, subjects ingested ethanol followed by aminophylline (200 mg), ephedrine (...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Alkana RL,Parker ES,Cohen HB,Birch H,Noble EP

更新日期：1977-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of behaviors were studied in an open-field setting after i.v. amphetamine (0.5, 2.0, 8.0 mg/kg), phenmetrazine (1.0, 4.0, 16.0 mg/kg), or fenfluramine (1.0, 4.0, 16.0 mg/kg). Amphetamine and phenmetrazine increased ambulation initially and rearing during the whole experiment, and decreased grooming. At 30 an...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Lindquist MP,Götestam KG

更新日期：1977-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In a shuttle-box self-stimulation paradigm, analgesic doses of morphine increase the amount of time a rat leaves rewarding brain stimulation on, without altering average OFF times. This paradigm may serve as a model for the euphoria induced by narcotic drugs and as a useful tool for evaluating the reinforcing effects ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Levitt RA,Baltzer JH,Evers TM,Stilwell DJ,Furby JE

更新日期：1977-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of brain noradrenaline synthesis and receptor activation for the hyperkinesia induced by carbidopa plus L-Dopa in reserpine-treated or normal mice was analyzed in four different models. After pretreatment with reserpine and the monoamine oxidase inhibitor nialamide, the hyperkinesia induced by L-Dopa (2...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Andén NE,Strömbom U,Svensson TH

更新日期：1977-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Withdrawal was precipitated by naloxone at different intervals, up to 22.5 h, following a last maintenance injection in morphine-dependent rats. Different symptoms of withdrawal were found to be preeminent following different morphine-naloxone intervals. Locomotor activity, jumping, and writhing were precipitated most...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Linseman MA

更新日期：1977-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Methaqualone produces a dose- and time-dependent increase in plasma corticosterone concentration in mice. Acute studies showed that this effect is largely independent of methaqualone-induced hypothermia but can be blocked by pretreatment with dexamethasone, thus demonstrating that the adrenal cortex is not being direc...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Meyer JS,Boggan WO

更新日期：1977-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the nucleus accumbens septi (ACB) and corpus striatum (CPU) in self-stimulation were investigated by injecting directly or indirectly acting stimulant drugs or a dopamine-(DA)-receptor blocking agent into each site bilaterally. d-Amphetamine (68 nmol) facilitated hypothalamic self-stimulation when injected...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Stephens DN,Herberg LJ

更新日期：1977-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The administration of large doses of probenecid has been used to study the central nervous system metabolism of catecholamines and indoleamines in patients with affective disease. It has been reported that alterations of the binding of L-tryptophan to plasma albumin binding sites occur during probenecid administration...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Dunner DL,Heiber S,Perel JM

更新日期：1977-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Research was conducted to examine the ability of alcohol to impart conditioned reinforcement. Rats were allowed to self-administer solutions of either saline or alcohol (25, 50, and 100 mg/kg/infusion) by the intragastric route. Superimposed on the infusion interval was a buzzer (conditioned reinforcing stimulus). Tes...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Smith SG,Werner TE,Davis WM

更新日期：1977-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Keypecking in one group of pigeons was maintained under schedules in which food was presented only when a specified number of responses was followed by a 30-s pause without a response. d-Amphetamine and pentobarbital increased low rates of responding (and, thus, decreased food presentation) only after initial injectio...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Smith JB,McKearney JW

更新日期：1977-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique is described for studying exploratory as well as stereotyped behaviour in rats using an automated hole-board. Both visual and automated recordings can be employed using the technique. Hole dipping is monitored automatically using an infra-red detector system. Repetitive patterns of hole-dipping are used as...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Makanjuola RO,Hill G,Maben I,Dow RC,Ashcroft GW

更新日期：1977-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:N-carbamoyl-2-(2,6-dichlorophenyl) acetamidine hydrochloride (LON 954) causes a reproducible rest tremor in mice, of rapid onset and short duration with no associated rigidity or akinesia and in the absence of any marked changes in body temperature or accompanying peripheral parasympathomimetic effects. This tremor ca...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Coward DM,Doggett NS

更新日期：1977-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of 10 mg/kg TRH to mice was found to reduce the sleep and hypothermia induced by 4.7 g/kg ethanol. However, TRH did not reduce the sleep of mice that were given gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHBA), baclophen, or aminooxyacetic acid (AOAA) in combination with 3 g/kg/ ethanol. TRH also failed to reverse the ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Cott J,Engel J

更新日期：1977-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the development of tolerance to ethanol and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal cortex (H-P-AC) system by modifying the H-P-AC system through the use of a synthetic glucocorticoid, dexamethasone. Also this study determined whether repeated drug administr...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Wood WG

更新日期：1977-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The exploratory behavior of pigs was studied in two successive daily 20-mn sessions in a two-compartment box by counting the number of crossings from one compartment to the other and observing the activity patterns. Injection of 1 mg/kg diazepam before the first session increased the number of crossings without affect...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Dantzer R

更新日期：1977-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:BALB/cJ, DBA/2J, and C57BL/6J mice were injected with caffeine and tested, in the five choice Yerkes-Thompson Bryant-Bovt Nitti apparatus for patterns discrimination, in two sets of experiments. In the first the patterns were opposite oriented oblique bars, in the second U-shaped figures, one opened toward the right, ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Castellano C

更新日期：1977-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The i.v. pentylenetetrazol seizure threshold was increased by 2.5 mg/kg and decreased by 15 mg/kg of a single (+)-amphetamine dose. After 7 consecutive days of amphetamine administration, tolerance developed to the decrease but not to the increase in seizure threshold. At 12--48 h after the last dose of 2.5 mg/kg seiz...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Riffee WH,Gerald MC

更新日期：1977-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A combined analysis of data from 11 controlled studies of loxapine versus either chlorpromazine or trifluoperazine in acute schizophrenia (5 studies) and chronic schizophrenia (6 studies) showed statistically significant superiority of loxapine on several items and factors of standardized psychiatric rating scales. Up...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Bishop MP,Simpson GM,Dunnett CW,Kiltie H

更新日期：1977-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of tolerance to neuroleptic compounds tested in the conditional avoidance model was investigated. Since tolerance may manifest itself by a diminished potency and/or a shortened duration of effect, the complete time course of effect was registered in these experiments. Rats were pretreated approximately 2 w...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Danneskiold-Samsøoe P,Pedersen V

更新日期：1976-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth hormone (hGH) responses to centrally acting dopamine agonists were used as indices of CNS dopaminergic function in order to test hypotheses implicating dopaminergic alteration in the etiopathology of schizophrenia. Apomorphine, a direct acting dopamine receptor agonist, and L-Dopa, an indirect agonist dependent...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Rotrosen J,Angrist BM,Gershon S,Sachar EJ,Halpern FS

更新日期：1976-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Doses of eight phenylethylamines were substituted for cocaine on a drug-maintained behavior baseline in baboons. Intravenous infusions of drug were contingent upon completion of 160 lever presses (a 160-response fixed-ratio schedule; FR 160). A 3-h time-out period followed each infusion, permitting a maximum of 8 infu...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Griffiths RR,Winger G,Brady JV,Snell JD

更新日期：1976-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study in ten normal volunteers assessed the effects of the subcutaneous administration of adrenaline on platelet MAO activity, in an attempt to replicate previous findings of increased MAO activity following adrenaline. Platelet counts, cortisol plasma concentrations, and...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Gentil V,McCurdy RL,Alevizos B,Lader MH

更新日期：1976-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of the specific narcotic antagonists naltrexone and naloxone to block the discriminative effects produced by morphine in the rat were evaluated using a two-choice, discrete-trial avoidance task. The antagonists produced a dose-dependent and time-dependent blockade of morphine's effects as measured by resp...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Shannon HE,Holtzman SG

更新日期：1976-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study trends in smoking withdrawal symptoms, 35 participants in a smoking cessation clinic completed four questionnaires daily for 2 weeks. The questionnaire dealt with a variety of symptoms which a factor analysis showed could be grouped into four factors: stimulation, desire to smoke, and physical and ps...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Shiffman SM,Jarvik ME

更新日期：1976-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Pigeons were trained to acquire a new 4-response sequence in each session by pecking three keys in a predetermined order. The key color varied for each step under the chained schedule, but there was only one key color under the tandem schedule. Under the reset contingency, incorrect responses produced a reset of the 4...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Harting J,Mcmillian DE

更新日期：1976-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The thymoleptics potentiate and modify the behavioral effects of apomorphine (probably the most specific dopaminergic agonist) as well as those of Dopa. The effect of the thymoleptics is not abolished by emptying of amine stores, and this together with other evidence suggests that these drugs facilitate the access of ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Molander L,Randrup A

更新日期：1976-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Pigs trained to avoid shocks by crossing a barrier in a shuttle-box according to a continuous avoidance procedure were submitted to a Pavlovian discriminative fear-conditioning procedure in which a tone was always followed by unavoidable shock (CS+) and another tone never followed by shock (CS-). The presentation of t...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Dantzer R,Mormede P

更新日期：1976-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of mepiprazole (EMD 16,923), a new pyrazol-ylalkyl-piperazine derivative, on the uptake of 3H-norepinephrine (NE), 3H-dopamine (DA), and 3H-serotonin (5-HT) into rat brain synaptosomes from cerebral cortex, corpus striatum, and hypothalamus was investigated in comparison with several psychotropic drugs, ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Placheta P,Singer E,Kriwanek W,Hertting G

更新日期：1976-08-17 00:00:00