D(3) dopamine receptors are down-regulated in amphetamine sensitized rats and their putative antagonists modulate the locomotor sensitization to amphetamine.

Chiang, Yao-Chang

D(3) dopamine receptors are down-regulated in amphetamine sensitized rats and their putative antagonists modulate the locomotor sensitization to amphetamine. [electronic resource] - Brain research May 2003 - 159-67 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0006-8993

10.1016/s0006-8993(03)02522-8 doi


Amphetamine--antagonists & inhibitors
Animals
Behavior, Animal
Binding, Competitive
Biphenyl Compounds--pharmacology
Central Nervous System Stimulants--antagonists & inhibitors
Dopamine Agonists--pharmacokinetics
Dopamine Antagonists--pharmacology
Down-Regulation--drug effects
Drug Interactions
Indans--pharmacology
Male
Motor Activity--drug effects
Piperazines--pharmacology
RNA, Messenger--biosynthesis
RNA, Ribosomal, 18S--drug effects
Random Allocation
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptors, Dopamine D2--drug effects
Receptors, Dopamine D3
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction--methods
Tetrahydronaphthalenes--pharmacokinetics
Time Factors
Tritium--pharmacokinetics