Differential alterations in striatal dopamine receptor sensitivity induced by repeated administration of clinically equivalent doses of haloperidol,sulpiride or clozapine in rats |
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Authors: | N. M. J. Rupniak G. Kilpatrick M. D. Hall P. Jenner C. D. Marsden |
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Affiliation: | (1) University Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and The Rayne Institute, King's College Hospital Medical School, Denmark Hill, SE5 London, UK |
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Abstract: | Rats received therapeutically equivalent doses of either haloperidol (1.7–1.9 mg/kg/day), sulpiride (112–116 mg/kg/day) or clozapine (30–35 mg/kg/day) continuously for 4 weeks. Treatment with haloperidol, but not sulpiride or clozapine, caused inhibition of stereotyped behaviour induced by apomorphine (0.125–0.25 mg/kg SC). Following drug withdrawal for up to 7 days, haloperidol and sulpiride, but not clozapine treatment caused an exaggeration of stereotyped behaviour induced by apomorphine.Bmax values for striatal 3H-spiperione binding were erevated in animals treated for 2 and 4 weeks with haloperidol, but not with sulpiride or clozapine. Following drug withdrawal, haloperidol, but not sulpiride or clozapine, treatment caused an increase in Bmax for striatal 3H-piperone binding.Bmax values for striatal 3H-NPA binding revealed no change during haloperidol or clozapine treatment. Sulpiride treatment for 1 week caused an increase in Bmax for 3H-NPA binding, which returned to control levels at 2 and 4 weeks. Following drug withdrawal, there was an increase in Bmax for 3H-NPA binding in rats treated with haloperidol and sulpiride, but not clozapine.On continuous treatment and following withdrawal from haloperidol, sulpiride, or clozapine the ability of dopamine to stimulate striatal adenylate cyclase activity did not differ from that in control animals.Repeated administration of sulpiride or clozapine may not induce striatal dopamine receptor supersensitivity when given in clinically relevant doses, although haloperidol does. |
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Keywords: | Clozapine Sulpiride Haloperidol Dopamine receptors Sterotypy |
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