On the mechanism which mediates the effects of long-term administration of fencamfamine in rats
Planeta, C.S.; DeLucia, R.; Aizenstein, M.L.; Scavone, C.
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 22(7): 881-883
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0100-879X PMID: 2576524 Document Number: 330685
This study analyzes the changes in the sensitivity of striatal dopaminergic (DA) receptors to apomorphine following withdrawal from long-term treatment with fencamfamine (10 mg/kg, for 40 days). Fencamfamine treatment decreased (34.8 +/- 3.2 vs 25.8 +/- 2.8, P less than 0.05) the stereotyped behavior induced by apomorphine (2.0 mg/kg, sc), but potentiated the effect of apomorphine (0.02 mg/kg, sc) in reducing the striatal levels of homovanillic acid (HVA) (0.41 +/- 0.02 micrograms/g vs 0.31 +/- 0.03 micrograms/g, P less than 0.01) and dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) (0.45 +/- 0.04 micrograms/g vs 0.34 +/- 0.03 micrograms/g, P less than 0.01). These results suggest that changes in pre- or postsynaptic DA receptors may underlie the tolerance and sensitization to the effects of fencamfamine.