Potentiation of prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex in rats: Pharmacological evaluation of the procedure as a model for detecting antipsychotic activity

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 366-374

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

^a SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Amisulpride; Antipsychotics; Apomorphine; Clozapine; Dopamine; Haloperidol; Prazosin; Prepulse inhibition; Raclopride; Rat; Remoxipride; Risperidone; Schizophrenia; Startle reflex

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; AMISULPRIDE; APOMORPHINE; CLOZAPINE; DIAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PRAZOSIN; RACLOPRIDE; REMOXIPRIDE; RISPERIDONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STARTLE REFLEX; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0030868843     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050357     Document Type: Article

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