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Abstract
The effects of abrupt and gradual withdrawal from long-term haloperidol treatment on rat open field behavior was studied. Abrupt withdrawal induced a significant increase in all parameters of activity observed except defecation, this increase being higher 72 h after the last haloperidol injection. Results were considered to be a consequence of supersensitivity of central dopaminergic receptors. These differences were almost unobservable in animals gradually withdrawn, thus suggesting that the phenomenon is reversible.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 117495 DOI: 10.1007/bf00492211
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Psychopharmacology (Berl) ISSN: 0033-3158 Impact factor: 4.530