EFFECTS OF YM-09151-2, A POTENT AND SELECTIVE DOPAMINE-D2 ANTAGONIST, ON THE AMBULATION-INCREASING EFFECT OF METHAMPHETAMINE IN MICE

The ambulation-increasing effect of methamphetamine (2 mg/kg, s. c.) was markedly reduced by YM-09151-2 at 0.01 mg/kg, s. c., in drug-naive mice. The development of reverse tolerance to the ambulation-increasing effect of methamphetamine was also inhibited almost completely when 0.01 mg/kg, s. c., of YM-09151-2 was administered concomitantly in each administration. However, YM-09151-2, at 0.01 mg/kg, was partially suppressed the effect of methamphetamine in mice that exhibited reverse tolerance to methamphetamine. © 1990, The Japanese Pharmacological Society. All rights reserved.