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Quinpirole alters quadruped activity in rats from the second postnatal week

Abstract

The present study shows that the effects of quinpirole (1 mg/kg) during the second postnatal week but not before resemble the effect of the drug in adult rats in increasing quadruped activity, eliminating grooming, reducing lateral bending, and stimulating verticalized turning. Quinpirole also modifies the morphology of turning behavior, the primary form of coordinated quadruped locomotion in neonate laboratory rat pups. Under saline, turning …

Authors

Eilam D; Szechtman H; Spear LP

Journal

Developmental Psychobiology, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 275–289

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

May 1992

DOI

10.1002/dev.420250405

ISSN

0012-1630