Effect of amperozide on rat cortical 5-HT2 and striatal and limbic dopamine D2 receptor occupancy: implications for antipsychotic action.
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Meltzer HY, Zhang Y, Stockmeier CA
Effect of amperozide on rat cortical 5-HT2 and striatal and limbic dopamine D2 receptor occupancy: implications for antipsychotic action.
Eur J Pharmacol. 1992 May 27;216(1):67-71.
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Amperozide (FG 5606, N-ethyl-4-[4',4'-bis(p-fluorophenyl)butyl]-1-piperazine-carboxamide) is an atypical antipsychotic drug which has relatively weak in vitro affinity for striatal dopamine2 (D2) receptors and strong affinity for cortical 5-HT2 receptors. The in vivo affinity for 5-HT2 binding sites in rat cortex was 1.1 mg/kg. In striatum or olfactory tubercle, doses of amperozide up to 40 mg/kg did not displace radioligand binding to D2 receptors. Amperozide, haloperidol and ritanserin had similar in vivo potency in blocking the 5-HT2 binding site, but only haloperidol displaced D2 receptor binding. Based on the clinically effective dose of amperozide (0.14-0.28 mg/kg per day), it is suggested that the antipsychotic effect of amperozide is related, in part, to its in vivo interaction with the 5-HT2 receptor and that amperozide cannot be expected to exert its antipsychotic action by blockade of D2 receptors in the striatum or limbic regions.
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