Abstract
Lithium (Li) in its narrow therapeutic concentration range was found to inhibit only the noradrenaline- and not the dopamine-sensitive accumulation of cyclic AMP in guinea pig brain. The results suggest a pharmacological distinction between the antischizophrenic drugs that inhibit dopamine-sensitive cyclic AMP accumulation and Li, an antimanic agent that inhibits specifically only the noradrenalinesensitive cyclic AMP accumulation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 213-216 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Psychopharmacology |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 1978 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Differential inhibition
- Guinea pig brain
- Lithium
- Noradrenaline- and dopaminesensitive cyclic AMP accumulation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pharmacology