Some, but not all, antipsychotic drugs potentiate a low level of prepulse inhibition shown by rats of the Wistar strain

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 364-372

  Depoortere, R ^a   Perrault, Gh ^a   Sanger, D J ^a  

^a SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Antipsychotic drugs; Prepulse inhibition; Schizophrenia; Startle reflex; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; AMISULPRIDE; CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PRAZOSIN; RACLOPRIDE; REMOXIPRIDE; RISPERIDONE; SERTINDOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

(R)-2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-8-CHLORO-3-METHYL-5-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPIN-7-OL; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZAZEPINES; BENZODIAZEPINES; CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; IMIDAZOLES; INDOLES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; PIRENZEPINE; PRAZOSIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REMOXIPRIDE; RISPERIDONE; RITANSERIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0030752792     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199708000-00009     Document Type: Article

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