PMID: 11324461Apr 28, 2001Paper

Behavioral characteristics of olanzapine: an atypical neuroleptic

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica
Y FuG Z Jin

Abstract

To assess the atypical neuroleptic properties of a novel antipsychotic agent, olanzapine (Ola). The action of Ola on apomorpine (Apo)-induced climbing behavior, 5-hydroxy-dl-tryptophan (5-HTP)-induced head twitch response, oxotremorine-induced tremor, and the conditioned avoidance behavior in mice were observed. The catalepsy of mice induced by Ola was also investigated. The single unit extracellular recording technique was used to compare the spontaneous firing rate changes of dopamine (DA) cells in the ventral tegmental area (VTA, A10) and the substantia nigra pars compact (SNC, A9) in rats after i.v. Ola. Ola antagonized the climbing behavior (ED50 1.8 mg.kg-1, p.o.), head twitch behavior (ED50 0.3 mg.kg-1, p.o.), and tremor (ED50 5.2 mg.kg-1, p.o.) in mice. In a conditioned avoidance paradigm in mice, Ola inhibited the avoidance response with an ED50 of 2.72 mg.kg-1 (p.o.). However, the catalepsy was not induced by Ola in mice even under a very high dose of 100 mg.kg-1 (p.o.). Ola selectively increased the firing rate of DA cells in the VTA, but failed to affect that of SNC DA cells. Ola distinguished itself from the typical neuroleptic (e.g. haloperidol, Hal) and took resemblance of the atypical neuroleptic (e.g. clozapine...Continue Reading

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