Due the presence of sibutramine and citalopram in a number of drugs, neurotransmitter reuptake inhibitors. Sibutramine reduces the reuptake of serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine; citalopram is an antidepressant drug of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. The thin-layer chromatography-densitometric behavior of some centrally acting serotonin reuptake inhibitors has been studied. The...

intramascular (im) administration of apomorphine (a mixed d1/d2 dopamine receptors agonist 0.2-1.6 mg/kg) induced pecking, a stereotype behavior in pigeons in a dose- dependent manner. in this study the effect of lithium (li+, 240 mg/kg, im) and ami-193 (a new 5-ht2 antagonist, 0.003 mg/pigeon) on apomorphine-induced peking (aip) were investigated. this study showed that li+ and ami-193 did not...

In this study, the influence of dopamine receptor agonists and antagonists on antinociception induced by bac10fen has been examined in the formalin test. The GABA-B agonist bac10fen induced antinociception in both phases of the formalin test in mice. The dopamine receptor agonists SKF 38393 and quinpirole also induced antinociception in both phases of the test. SKF 38393 but not quinpirole ...

The heterogeneous class of what we nowadays call antipsychotics was born almost 70 years ago with the serendipitous discovery chlorpromazine. Their utilization is constantly growing because they are used to treat a diverse group diseases and patients across all age groups: schizophrenia, bipolar disease, depression, autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, behavioural psychological sym...

Histamine H3 receptors are present as autoreceptors on histaminergic neurons and as heteroreceptors on nonhistaminergic neurones. They control the release and synthesis of histamine and several other key neurotransmitters in the brain. H3 antagonism may be a novel approach to develop a new class of antipsychotic medications given the gathering evidence reporting therapeutic efficacy in several ...

The serotonin (5-HT) hypothesis of schizophrenia arose from early studies on interactions between the hallucinogenic drug LSD (D-lysergic acid diethylamide) and 5-HT in peripheral systems. More recent studies have shown that the two major classes of psychedelic hallucinogens, the indoleamines (e.g., LSD) and phenethylamines (e.g. , mescaline), produce their central effects through a common acti...

Numerous neurotransmitter systems [e.g. dopamine, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), the endogenous opioids, and serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT)] are involved in the regulation of alcohol consumption. Because 5-HT reuptake inhibitors and opioid antagonists modify the activity of neurotransmitters, it has been hypothesized that they may also mediate the desire to drink alcohol by acting on sp...

in this study, the influence of dopamine receptor agonists and antagonists on antinociception induced by bac10fen has been examined in the formalin test. the gaba-b agonist bac10fen induced antinociception in both phases of the formalin test in mice. the dopamine receptor agonists skf 38393 and quinpirole also induced antinociception in both phases of the test. skf 38393 but not quinpirole pote...

Latent inhibition (LI) is a decrement in learning performance that results from the nonreinforced pre-exposure of the to-be-conditioned stimulus, in both vertebrates and invertebrates. In vertebrates, LI development involves dopamine and serotonin; in invertebrates there is yet no information. We studied differential olfactory conditioning of the proboscis extension response in the honeybee Api...

Antipsychotic drugs are the clinical standard for the treatment of schizophrenia. Although these drugs work initially, many compliant patients relapse due to treatment failure. The known biomarkers can not sufficiently explain antipsychotic treatment failure. We, therefore, enquired how the dynamic responses of the neurotransmitters, dopamine and serotonin, change in relation to treatment actio...