Article
Sensory and sensorimotor gating-disruptive effects of apomorphine in Sprague Dawley and Long Evans rats.
Behavioural brain research - 2 Apr 2010
Breier Michelle R, Lewis Brittanni, Shoemaker Jody M, Light Gregory A, Swerdlow Neal R
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Rat strains differ in sensitivity to the disruptive effects of dopamine agonists on sensorimotor gating, measured by prepulse inhibition (PPI) of startle. For example, Sprague Dawley (SD) rats are more sensitive to PPI-disruptive effects of apomorphine (APO) compared to Long Evans (LE) rats; F1 (SDxLE) and N2 generations exhibit intermediate phenotypes. We reported that APO increased S2/S1 ratios and...
Topics
- Acoustic Stimulation
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Apomorphine
- Behavior, Animal
- Dopamine Agonists
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Electroencephalography
- Evoked Potentials, Auditory
- Male
