1986
DOI: 10.1007/bf00178508
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Behavioural and pharmacological characterization of the mouth movements induced by muscarinic agonists in the rat

Abstract: Pilocarpine administered in doses of 1.25-10.0 mg/kg (IP) produced a variety of mouth movements in the rat. The most frequent of these movements was a chewing behaviour, which increased up to a mean frequency of over 40 per min at the highest doses. Tongue protrusion and gaping also showed dose-dependent increases. Yawning tended to increase in some doses, though these increases were not significant, and yawning was relatively infrequent. Pre-treatment with scopolamine reduced these responses, while pre-treatm… Show more

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“…In accordance with the findings of Salamone et al (1986), we have shown that in addition to pilocarpine, purposeless chewing behaviour can be induced by the cholinergic agonists oxotremorine and arecoline. We have shown further that chewing behaviour can be induced in a dose-related manner by the cholinergic agonist RS 86 (Palacios et al 1986).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
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“…In accordance with the findings of Salamone et al (1986), we have shown that in addition to pilocarpine, purposeless chewing behaviour can be induced by the cholinergic agonists oxotremorine and arecoline. We have shown further that chewing behaviour can be induced in a dose-related manner by the cholinergic agonist RS 86 (Palacios et al 1986).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…Neuroleptic-induced chewing behaviour can be potentiated by cholinergic agonists and prevented by anticholinergic drugs. Purposeless chewing can also be directly induced by the acute administration of cholinergic agonists or cholinesterase inhibitors (Rupniak et al 1983;Salamone et al 1986); this effect is central in origin and can be inhibited by anticholinergic drugs. So, purposeless chewing induced by acute cholinergic agonist administration may provide a model of central cholinergic function.…”
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“…Conversely, muscarinic antagonists block the catalepsy induced by dopamine antagonists [15,16]. In addition to playing a role in mediation of psychomotor behavior via sites within the striatum, these receptors are also associated with cognitive function.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The number of VCM, along with number of orofacial burst (OB) and tongue protrusion (TP) was scored for the period of 1 h (Salamone et al, 1986).…”
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confidence: 99%