Elizabeth A. Sykes

Mescaline-induced motor impairment in rats, assessed by two different methods

Life Sciences September 1, 1986 Elizabeth A. Sykes 10 citations

Motor impairment, especially ataxia, is often mentioned as a 'side effect' of doses of psychoactive drugs which depress animal behaviour; it is difficult to determine it accurately from visual observation, but relatively few attempts have been made to measure it objectively and quantitatively. Mescaline, in moderate to large doses, can induce biphasic--depressant followed by stimulant--effects...