Representatives from several chemical classes known to share behavioral properties with phencyclidine [(1-phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine] (PCP) have been shown to antagonize the excitatory effects of N-methylaspartate on spinal neurons selectively. This study compared the abilities of several of these PCP-like drugs to inhibit N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-stimulated efflux of acetylcholine in rat...
Phencyclidine [(l-phenylcyclohexyl) piperidine] (PCP) is known to increase the basal efflux of striatal dopamine (DA) in vitro and to enhance haloperidol (HAL)-induced striatal DA metabolism in vivo. This study compared these activities of PCP to several representatives of the arylcyloalkylamine, benzomorphan and substituted dioxolane classes whose behavioral similarities to PCP have been well...