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Dopamine receptors mediating yawning: are they autoreceptors? 1986

G Serra, and M Collu, and G L Gessa

Yawning was induced in rats by the (+) enantiomer of 3PPP, while (-)-3PPP was inactive. Yawning was present 24, but not 1, 6 and 12 h after reserpine treatment. The (+)-3PPP-induced yawning was antagonized by haloperidol and sulpiride but not by domperidone. Reserpine-induced yawning was antagonized by sulpiride and by alpha-methyltyrosine suggesting that this behavior may be induced by endogenously released dopamine. Reserpine-pretreatment potentiated (+)-3PPP-induced yawning. The results argue against the view that yawning is the behavioural correlate of autoreceptor-mediated inhibition of DA transmission, and suggest that this behaviour is due to the stimulation of a special population of central postsynaptic DA receptors.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008781 Methyltyrosines A group of compounds that are methyl derivatives of the amino acid TYROSINE.
D010880 Piperidines A family of hexahydropyridines.
D011919 Rats, Inbred Strains Genetically identical individuals developed from brother and sister matings which have been carried out for twenty or more generations or by parent x offspring matings carried out with certain restrictions. This also includes animals with a long history of closed colony breeding. August Rats,Inbred Rat Strains,Inbred Strain of Rat,Inbred Strain of Rats,Inbred Strains of Rats,Rat, Inbred Strain,August Rat,Inbred Rat Strain,Inbred Strain Rat,Inbred Strain Rats,Inbred Strains Rat,Inbred Strains Rats,Rat Inbred Strain,Rat Inbred Strains,Rat Strain, Inbred,Rat Strains, Inbred,Rat, August,Rat, Inbred Strains,Rats Inbred Strain,Rats Inbred Strains,Rats, August,Rats, Inbred Strain,Strain Rat, Inbred,Strain Rats, Inbred,Strain, Inbred Rat,Strains, Inbred Rat
D011954 Receptors, Dopamine Cell-surface proteins that bind dopamine with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes influencing the behavior of cells. Dopamine Receptors,Dopamine Receptor,Receptor, Dopamine
D012018 Reflex An involuntary movement or exercise of function in a part, excited in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the brain or spinal cord.
D012110 Reserpine An alkaloid found in the roots of Rauwolfia serpentina and R. vomitoria. Reserpine inhibits the uptake of norepinephrine into storage vesicles resulting in depletion of catecholamines and serotonin from central and peripheral axon terminals. It has been used as an antihypertensive and an antipsychotic as well as a research tool, but its adverse effects limit its clinical use. Raunervil,Raupasil,Rausedil,Rausedyl,Serpasil,Serpivite,V-Serp,V Serp
D004294 Domperidone A specific blocker of dopamine receptors. It speeds gastrointestinal peristalsis, causes prolactin release, and is used as antiemetic and tool in the study of dopaminergic mechanisms. Apo-Domperidone,Domidon,Domperidon,Domperidon AL,Domperidon Hexal,Domperidon Stada,Domperidon-TEVA,Domperidona Gamir,Domperidone Maleate,Domperidone Maleate (1:1),Domperidone Monohydrochloride,Gastrocure,Motilium,Nauzelin,Novo-Domperidone,Nu-Domperidone,PMS-Domperidone,Péridys,R-33,812,R-33812,Ratio-Domperidone,Apo Domperidone,Domperidon TEVA,Gamir, Domperidona,Hexal, Domperidon,Maleate, Domperidone,Monohydrochloride, Domperidone,Novo Domperidone,Nu Domperidone,PMS Domperidone,R33,812,R33812,Ratio Domperidone,Stada, Domperidon
D004357 Drug Synergism The action of a drug in promoting or enhancing the effectiveness of another drug. Drug Potentiation,Drug Augmentation,Augmentation, Drug,Augmentations, Drug,Drug Augmentations,Drug Potentiations,Drug Synergisms,Potentiation, Drug,Potentiations, Drug,Synergism, Drug,Synergisms, Drug
D006220 Haloperidol A phenyl-piperidinyl-butyrophenone that is used primarily to treat SCHIZOPHRENIA and other PSYCHOSES. It is also used in schizoaffective disorder, DELUSIONAL DISORDERS, ballism, and TOURETTE SYNDROME (a drug of choice) and occasionally as adjunctive therapy in INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY and the chorea of HUNTINGTON DISEASE. It is a potent antiemetic and is used in the treatment of intractable HICCUPS. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p279) Haldol

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