THE EFFECT OF LITHIUM ON THE LOCOMOTOR STIMULATION INDUCED BY DEPENDENCE-PRODUCING DRUGS
THE EFFECT OF LITHIUM ON THE LOCOMOTOR STIMULATION INDUCED BY DEPENDENCE-PRODUCING DRUGS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01249137
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
LILJEQUIST, S
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作者:
BERGGREN, U;ENGEL, J;LILJEQUIST, S
How Li affects locomotor stimulation induced by dependence-producing drugs such as amphetamine, ethanol and morphine was studied. Acute Li alone suppressed exploratory hyperactivity in mice without affecting basal locomotor activity, further supporting the contention that Li has a neurolept-like behavioral profile. Acute Li pretreatment suppressed locomotor stimulation in mice induced by all the dependence-producing drugs in a dose-dependent manner. Locomotor stimulation seen after amphetamine and ethanol appeared to be more suppressed by Li than that seen after morphine. Taken together with the finding that Li had no effect on apomorphine-clonidine-induced locomotor stimulation after elimination of presynaptic activity the present data suggest that the suppressive effect of Li is mediated via presynaptic catecholaminergic mechanisms.