Studies of the influence of some psychotropic substances on the grooming behaviour of white mice

✍ Scribed by O. Rohte

• Book ID: 104758080
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1969
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 229 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0033-3158
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00401530

✦ Synopsis

Mice were stained with pulverized charcoal and the resulting grooming behaviour observed. ~rom 119 controls, the typical patterns indicated a late cleaning of the tail, the sacrum and the region between the ears. The following sub. stances were tested: Imipramine, Desipramine, Trimeprimine, Amitriptyline, Nortriptyline, Chlordiazepoxide, Iproniazide, d-Amphetamine, Chlorpromazinc, Haloperidol, Acetylsalicylie acid, Metronidazole. Of these Amitriptyline, Chlorpromazine, Haloperidol and Metronidazole were effective in doses less than 1/10 of LD 5.