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. 1986 Oct 7;129(3):401-4.
doi: 10.1016/0014-2999(86)90457-7.

Effects of subchronic haloperidol and sulpiride on regional brain dopamine metabolism in the rat

Effects of subchronic haloperidol and sulpiride on regional brain dopamine metabolism in the rat

N Lindefors et al. Eur J Pharmacol. .

Abstract

The DOPAC/dopamine and HVA/dopamine ratios in extracted whole tissue were determined to obtain an index of dopaminergic activity in various rat brain regions 24 h following 10 days' treatment with haloperidol (0.5 and 2 mg/kg) or sulpiride (10 and 100 mg/kg). Both neuroleptics caused a reduction in the metabolite/amine ratio in nucl. accumbens but not frontal cortex or substantia nigra. Haloperidol, but not sulpiride significantly reduced the HVA/dopamine ratio in striatum. A region-specific action of neuroleptics on brain dopamine neurons is discussed.

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