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The selective D1 receptor stimulant SKF 38393 dose-dependently increased grooming time in rats without affecting locomotor activity or eliciting stereotyped behaviour. The selective D2 receptor agonist LY 171555 induced a dose-dependent increase in rat motility, a marked decrease in grooming time and a low occurrence of stereotyped behaviour. Concurrent administration of the two selective agonists induced high-degree stereotyped responses and reductions in locomotor and grooming behaviours. Rats withdrawn from repeated treatment with the selective D1 receptor blocker SCH 23390 (0.05 mg/kg twice daily for 21 days; 7 days of washout) did not exhibit any change of locomotor and grooming responses to threshold doses of LY 171555 and SKF 38393 given alone or in combination. On the contrary, a significantly greater occurrence of high-degree stereotyped responses to the combination of the two selective agonists was observed. The data support the view that D1 and D2 receptors have a cooperative role in the generation of stereotypies and suggest that D1 receptor supersensitivity needs D2 stimulation to be revealed.
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Dall'Olio, R., Gandolfi, O., Vaccheri, A. et al. Changes in behavioural responses to the combined administration of D1 and D2 dopamine agonists in normosensitive and D1 supersensitive rats. Psychopharmacology 95, 381–385 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00181952
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