Neurometabolic and behavioural effects of haloperidol in relation to drug levels in serum and brain |
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Authors: | R Öhman M Larsson I M Nilsson J Engel A Carlsson |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychiatry III, Lillhagens Hospital, S-422 03 Hisings Backa 3, Sweden;(2) Department of Pharmacology, University of Göteborg, Fack, S-400 33 Göteborg, Sweden |
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Abstract: | Summary A method has been developed for the quantitative determination of haloperidol in brain and other tissues. Such determinations have been made after acute and chronic administration of haloperidol to Sprague-Dawley rats. Different regions of the brain including the striatum, the limbic forebrain and the cerebellum have been analyzed separately. The haloperidol effects on Dopa formation have been studied in the same tissue samples. The stimulation of prolactin secretion via blockade of hypothalamic dopaminergic mechanisms and behavioural effects of the drug have been evaluated in parallel experiments.The elimination of haloperidol from brain tissue is a multiphasic process. The fourth phase of elimination is the slowest with a half life of 4 days. No strict correlation was found between serum and brain concentrations of haloperidol. Both after acute and chronic administration there exists apparently a saturating dose above which the brain concentration of the drug increases very little. The dose seems to coincide with that beyond which little increase in Dopa formation is observed. A pharmacokinetic analysis suggests an element of saturable binding or transfer of haloperidol to brain tissue. This mechanism is not preferentially localized to areas of brain rich in dopaminergic synapses. A good correlation was found between the haloperidol concentration in the brain on the one hand and its effects on behaviour, on serum prolactin values and on Dopa formation on the other. |
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Keywords: | Haloperidol Dopa Prolactin Pharmacokinetics Behaviour |
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