Dopamine antagonists in the orbital prefrontal cortex reduce prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex in the rat

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-61

  Zavitsanou, Katerina ^a   Cranney, Jacquelyn ^a   Richardson, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dopamine antagonists; Prefrontal cortex; Prepulse inhibition; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RACLOPRIDE;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STARTLE REFLEX;

(R)-2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-8-CHLORO-3-METHYL-5-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPIN-7-OL; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORBIT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RACLOPRIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALICYLAMIDES; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0033043708     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(98)00234-2     Document Type: Article

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