Effects of apomorphine and haloperidol on the acoustic startle response in rats |
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Authors: | Michael Davis George K. Aghajanian |
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Affiliation: | (1) Yale University School of Medicine, USA;(2) Connecticut Mental Health Center, USA;(3) Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 34 Park Street, 06508 New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
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Abstract: | A series of 3 experiments tested the effects of 0.01, 0.04, 0.19, 0.75, 3.00, and 6.00 mg/kg apomorphine and 0.13, 0.25, and 0.50 haloperidol on the acoustic startle response in rats. Apomorphine markedly facilitated startle amplitude for about 40 min after injection and then depressed startle over the next 40 min. Both the early facilitory and later inhibitory effects were directly related to the dose. Haloperidol (0.5 mg/kg — given 30 min before) completely blocked both the early facilitory and the later depressant effect of apomorphine (3 mg/kg). Haloperidol alone had only a slight depressant effect on startle. The data support the conclusion that DA receptor stimulation enhances acoustic startle amplitude and indicate that a previous report failed to find an effect of apomorphine on startle because startle was only measured 40 min after injection. |
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Keywords: | Startle Apomorphine Haloperidol |
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