Artículo
Conditioned increase of locomotor activity induced by haloperidol
Autor/es | Casa Rivas, Luis Gonzalo de La
Cárcel Valle, Lucía Ruiz-Salas, Juan C. Vicente Holgado, Lucía Mena, Auxiliadora |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Psicología Experimental |
Fecha de publicación | 2018 |
Fecha de depósito | 2018-11-06 |
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Resumen | Dopamine antagonist drugs have profound effects on locomotor activity. In particular, the administration of the D2 antagonist haloperidol produces a state that is similar to catalepsy. In order to confirm whether the ... Dopamine antagonist drugs have profound effects on locomotor activity. In particular, the administration of the D2 antagonist haloperidol produces a state that is similar to catalepsy. In order to confirm whether the modulation of the dopaminergic activity produced by haloperidol was repeatedly paired with the presence of distinctive contextual cues that served as a Conditioned Stimulus. Paradoxically, the results revealed a dose-dependent increase n locomotor activity following conditioning with dopamine antagonist (Experiments 1) that was susceptible of extinction when the conditioned stimulus was presented repeatedly by itself after conditioning (Experiment 2). These data are interpreted from an associative perspective, considering them as a result of a classical conditioning process. |
Agencias financiadoras | Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad (MINECO). España |
Identificador del proyecto | PSI2015-64 965-P |
Cita | Casa Rivas, L.G.d.L., Cárcel Valle, L., Ruiz-Salas, J.C., Vicente Holgado, L. y Mena, A. (2018). Conditioned increase of locomotor activity induced by haloperidol. PLOS ONE, 13 (10) |
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