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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-1-27
pubmed:abstractText
Nicotine potentiated the catalepsy produced by haloperidol. The excitotoxin quinolinic acid (QA) selectively destroys striatal neurons when injected directly into the striatum. Bilateral QA lesions of the rat striatum (150 nmol) significantly reduced the catalepsy produced by haloperidol as well as the ability of nicotine to potentiate haloperidol-induced catalepsy. A second experiment examined whether the ability of nicotine to potentiate haloperidol-induced catalepsy was associated with a potentiation of dopamine turnover following haloperidol. Nicotine alone produced a mild increase in dopamine turnover relative to saline treated controls while haloperidol produced a marked increase in dopamine turnover relative to saline- and nicotine-treated controls. However, the combined administration of haloperidol and nicotine did not further elevate dopamine turnover over that observed following haloperidol alone. The results indicated that: 1) nicotine could not potentiate haloperidol-induced catalepsy without an intact striatum and 2) the behavioral effect of nicotine and haloperidol cotreatment was not due to any change in dopamine turnover.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0091-3057
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
303-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Nicotine potentiation of haloperidol-induced catalepsy: striatal mechanisms.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa 33612.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't