Article
Role of muscarinic receptors in the activity of N-desmethylclozapine: reversal of hyperactivity in the phospholipase C knockout mouse.
Behavioural pharmacology - 1 Sept 2008
Gray Laura, McOmish Caitlin, Scarr Elizabeth, Dean Brian, Hannan Anthony J
Abstract excerpt
Activity of the cholinergic muscarinic system is associated with modulation of locomotor activity, although the precise mechanism remains unclear. The phospholipase C-beta1 knockout mouse displays both M1 muscarinic receptor dysfunction and a hyperactive locomotor phenotype. This mouse serves as an ideal model for the analysis of muscarinic modulation of locomotor activity. The clozapine metabolite...
Topics
- Animals
- Clozapine
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Synergism
- Genotype
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Motor Activity
- Muscarinic Antagonists
- Phenotype
- Phospholipase C beta
- Pirenzepine
- Receptor, Muscarinic M1
