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  • Title: Are the catecholestrogens involved in estrogen-induced striatal dopamine receptor supersensitivity?
    Author: Ferretti C, Ghi P, Blengio M, Gaietta G, Barrera G, Genazzani E.
    Journal: Eur J Pharmacol; 1989 Jul 18; 166(2):149-56. PubMed ID: 2551698.
    Abstract:
    The ability of tamoxifen, an antiestrogen agent, to antagonise the striatal dopamine receptor hyperactivity induced in rats by chronic treatment with 17 beta-estradiol and 2-hydroxyestradiol or with two receptor blockers (haloperidol and sulpiride) was compared. It was found that tamoxifen antagonised both the increase in [3H]spiperone binding sites and the stereotyped behaviour induced by apomorphine in animals treated with the two steroids but had no effect in animals receiving the two dopamine blockers. These results run counter to the view that introduction of a catechol group in a steroid molecule is of decisive importance in the induction of striatal dopamine receptor hypersensitivity.
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