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Effects of metaphit on phencyclidine and serotonin2 receptors

  • Toshitaka Nabeshima
  • , Keiko Tohyama
  • , Akihiro Noda
  • , Yohko Maeda
  • , Masayuki Hiramatsu
  • , Silvia M. Harrer
  • , Tsutomu Kameyama
  • , Hiroshi Furukawa
  • , Arthur E. Jacobson
  • , Kenner C. Rice

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Abstract

We have investigated whether metaphit, a derivative of phencyclidine (PCP) which irreversibly binds to a population of PCP receptor sites in rat brain, blocks PCP-induced head-twitch response which is produced through serotonin2 (5-HT2) receptors, and also whether metaphit decreases the capacity of 5-HT2 receptors. Metaphit ( 1 μmol rat) had decreased the intensity of PCP-induced head-twitch response and had depleted both PCP and 5-HT2 receptors by 24 h after administration, but it failed to block 5-HT agonist 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine-induced 5-HT1A receptor-dependent behaviors. These results reconfirmed our hypothesis that PCP and 5-HT2 receptors may have very similar binding sites.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)303-308
Number of pages6
JournalNeuroscience Letters
Volume102
Issue number2-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31-07-1989
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Neuroscience

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