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P A Janssen

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In vivo evidence of partial agonist activity exerted by purported 5-hydroxytryptamine antagonists.

European Journal of Pharmacology October 15, 1979 Françis C. Colpaert, C J Niemegeers, P A Janssen

Using a food-reinforced two-lever operant method, rats (n = 9) were trained to discriminate 0.16 mg/kg LSD from saline. Tests for stimulus generalization in rats so trained indicated that the purported 5-HT antagonists cyproheptadine (1.25 and 10 mg/kg), methysergide (0.16 to 10 mg/kg) and mianserin (2.5 to 40 mg/kg) produced partial generalization with LSD. The hallucinogens mescaline (5 to 40...