Effects of three dopamine agonists on cage climbing behavior. 1983

G Gianutsos, and J L Palmeri

The effects of three structurally related dopamine (DA) agonists (pergolide, lergotrile, bromocriptine) on motor activity and induction of cage climbing behavior were compared in mice. Pergolide stimulated activity and induced cage climbing that persisted for at least 5 h. Lergotrile depressed activity and failed to induce climbing over a wide range of doses. Bromocriptine produced stimulation and climbing, but only after a 2-3 h delay following injection. The qualitative differences among these drugs may represent an action involving different DA receptor subjects.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008815 Mice, 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. All animals within an inbred strain trace back to a common ancestor in the twentieth generation. Inbred Mouse Strains,Inbred Strain of Mice,Inbred Strain of Mouse,Inbred Strains of Mice,Mouse, Inbred Strain,Inbred Mouse Strain,Mouse Inbred Strain,Mouse Inbred Strains,Mouse Strain, Inbred,Mouse Strains, Inbred,Strain, Inbred Mouse,Strains, Inbred Mouse
D009043 Motor Activity Body movements of a human or an animal as a behavioral phenomenon. Activities, Motor,Activity, Motor,Motor Activities
D010479 Pergolide A long-acting dopamine agonist which has been used to treat PARKINSON DISEASE and HYPERPROLACTINEMIA but withdrawn from some markets due to potential for HEART VALVE DISEASES. Celance,LY-127,809,LY-127809,Parkotil,Pergolide Mesylate,Permax,Pharken,LY127,809,LY127809,Mesylate, Pergolide
D001971 Bromocriptine A semisynthetic ergotamine alkaloid that is a dopamine D2 agonist. It suppresses prolactin secretion. 2-Bromoergocryptine,Bromocryptin,2-Bromo-alpha-ergocryptine,2-Bromo-alpha-ergokryptine,2-Bromoergocryptine Mesylate,2-Bromoergocryptine Methanesulfonate,2-Bromoergokryptine,Bromocriptin,Bromocriptine Mesylate,CB-154,Parlodel,2 Bromo alpha ergocryptine,2 Bromo alpha ergokryptine,2 Bromoergocryptine,2 Bromoergocryptine Mesylate,2 Bromoergocryptine Methanesulfonate,2 Bromoergokryptine,CB 154,CB154,Mesylate, 2-Bromoergocryptine,Mesylate, Bromocriptine,Methanesulfonate, 2-Bromoergocryptine
D004873 Ergolines A series of structurally-related alkaloids that contain the ergoline backbone structure. Ergoline
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001522 Behavior, Animal The observable response an animal makes to any situation. Autotomy Animal,Animal Behavior,Animal Behaviors
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus

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