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J Honkaniemi

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Effects of phencyclidine on immediate early gene expression in the brain.

Journal of Neuroscience Research July 1, 1996 Riitta Näkki, FR Sharp, S M Sagar et al.

The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist phencyclidine (PCP) is a psychotomimetic drug which produces schizophrenia-like psychosis. In animal studies it is toxic to neurons in the posterior cingulate and retrosplenial cortex and to cerebellar Purkinje cells. To find clues about the mechanism and pathways of PCP action, we studied the effect of systemic PCP administration (10 and 50 mg/kg,...