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Richard G. Fessler

2 papers in the library · 24 citations · publishing 1977-1978

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Stimulation of rat prolactin secretion by indolealkylamine hallucinogens.

Psychopharmacology April 11, 1978 Herbert Y. Meltzer, Richard G. Fessler, Miljana Simonovic et al. 24 citations

The hallucinogenic indoleamine drugs N,N-dimethyltryptamine (N,N-DMT), psilocybin, bufotenin, 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine, and N-methyltryptamine, increased rat plasma prolactin (PRL) levels. The increase in plasma PRL produced by N,N-DMT, psilocybin, and bufotenin was inhibited by methysergide, a serotonin receptor blocker. Parachlorophenylalanine (PCPA), an inhibitor of serotonin...

Lysergic acid diethylamide: Evidence for stimulation of pituitary dopamine receptors

Psychopharmacology 1977 Herbert Y. Meltzer, Richard G. Fessler, Miljana Simonovic et al.

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), 0.05 mg/kg and 0.20 mg/kg, significantly decreased plasma prolactin (PRL) levels in male rats. LSD, 0.20 mg/kg, also inhibits the increase in plasma PRL levels produced by chlorpromazine (CPZ), 5 mg/kg, and alpha-methylparatyrosine (AMPT), 50 mg/kg, both of which interfere with dopaminergic inhibition of PRL secretion. LSD was more potent than methysergide, a...