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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-30
pubmed:abstractText
Intermittent as opposed to continuous treatment of rats with haloperidol resulted in a long-lasting potentiation of oral activity. To examine if this behavioural sensitization to discontinuous neuroleptic treatment facilitates seizure development in electrical kindling, rats treated either intermittently or continuously with haloperidol for 15 weeks were kindled in the nucleus amygdala. Development of kindled seizures was significantly faster in the intermittently treated group (P < 0.01) than in controls or continuously treated rats. Furthermore, discontinuously treated animals displayed electroencephalographic afterdischarges in the substantia nigra from the beginning of treatment. The findings of cross-sensitivity between electrical amygdala kindling and pharmacological sensitization and of early appearance of epileptiform nigral activity have implications for the pathogenesis of both conditions. We suggest that depressed gamma-aminobutyric acid activity in substantia nigra could be a common mechanism.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0014-2999
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
236
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
401-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Electrical kindling of rats treated discontinuously or continuously with haloperidol.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry O, State University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't