{"title":"Potentiation of L-DOPA induced motor activity by an inhibitor of phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase","authors":"Richard J Katz, Jerry Gelbart, Bernard J Carroll","doi":"10.1016/0364-7722(80)90066-1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p></p><ul><li><span>1.</span><span><p>1. Pharmacological inhibition of phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase (PNMT), the synthesizing enzyme for adrenaline, resulted in enhanced behavioral activation by 3,4,-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) in mice.</p></span></li><li><span>2.</span><span><p>2. This suggests that an adrenergic system normally inhibits drug induced activation and</p></span></li><li><span>3.</span><span><p>3. Points to an interaction between adrenaline and other catecholamines.</p></span></li></ul></div>","PeriodicalId":20801,"journal":{"name":"Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1980-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0364-7722(80)90066-1","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0364772280900661","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
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1. Pharmacological inhibition of phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase (PNMT), the synthesizing enzyme for adrenaline, resulted in enhanced behavioral activation by 3,4,-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) in mice.
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2. This suggests that an adrenergic system normally inhibits drug induced activation and
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3. Points to an interaction between adrenaline and other catecholamines.