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Homovanillic acid (HVA) levels were measured in the eye and the corpus striatum of rats under normal conditions and after different drug treatments. Neuroleptic agents such as clozapine, cis-flupenthixol and haloperidol induced comparable increases in HVA levels, whereas the non-neuroleptic trans-isomer of flupenthixol was inactive in both structures. Apomorphine decreased HVA levels in the retina and the corpus striatum, while amphetamine induced a decreased HVA formation in the retina and did not change levels of HVA in the corpus striatum. Probenecid caused a similar percentage rise of HVA in both structures. Morphine and oxotremorine induced a rise in HVA levels in the corpus striatum but not in retinal samples.
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