in aggregated mice was only moderately reduced, suggesting that HA-966 differs from neuroleptics.4. Tremors induced by chemical agents (nicotine, zinc and tremorine) were markedly inhibited by HA-966. The muscarinic effects of tremorine were not reduced by HA-966, indicating a selective central antitremor effect.5. HA-966 elevated the threshold to strychnine convulsions and abolished the ipsilateral flexor
The effect of ambient temperature on the actions of tremorine on body temperature and on the concentration of noradrenaline, dopamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine and acetylcholine in rat brain
of 94 pg/mg/min and an output in response to stimulation at 10 c/s of 700-1200 pg/mg/min.4. By comparing the responses of innervated and denervated strips it was concluded that arecoline, methylfurmethide, alpha,beta-ethylal-gamma-tri-methylammonium propanediol iodide (2268 F), muscarine, histamine, tremorine, oxytocin, and substance P, like acetylcholine, act primarily on the smooth muscle directly
neuromuscular blocking properties.4. Decerebrate rigidity was depressed or abolished in the rabbit.5. The effects of strychnine, leptazol, or tremorine were not antagonized.6. In common with other depressants of the central nervous system, ambenoxan prolonged the sleeping time of hexobarbitone.7. Ambenoxan had no local anaesthetic properties.8. In the anaesthetized cat the drug lowered the blood pressure
Relationship between anti-acetylcholine and anti-tremorine activity in anti-parkinsonian and related drugs The anti-acetylcholine potency of a number of anti-Parkinsonism drugs and related phenothiazine compounds was determined using the isolated guinea-pig ileum. The antagonism was assessed by the difference between the pA(2) and pA(10) values and by log concentration-response curves for acetylcholine in presence and absence of the antagonists. All compounds except chlorpromazine showed some evidence of competitive antagonism to acetylcholine. The anti-tremor potency of the compounds was assessed from suppression of Tremorine-induced tremors in mice. There was a relation between anti-acetylcholine and anti-Tremorine potency among the anti-Parkinsonism drugs, but not among the phenothiazine
Antagonism of the effects of tremorine by tropine derivatives Methods of testing new drugs for anti-Parkinson activity are briefly reviewed. The production in animals of Parkinson-like effects by Tremorine (1,4-dipyrrolidin-1'-ylbut-2-yne), and the inhibition of these effects in mice by a number of tropine derivatives, are described. No correlation was found between the activity against tremor
index. The rate and variations in the rhythm and amplitude and in the tremor index have been determined for Tremorine (1,4-dipyrrolidin-1'-ylbut-2-yne), harmine, harmaline, 3-amino-1,1,3-triphenylpropan-1-ol and lysergic acid diethylamide. The incidence of side effects has also been noted.