Comparative antipsychotic profiles of neurotensin and a related systemically active peptide agonist

S Sarhan, JM Hitchcock, CA Grauffel, JG Wettstein - Peptides, 1997 - Elsevier
Sarhan, S., JM Hitchcock, CA Grauffel and JG Wettstein. Comparative antipsychotic profiles
of neurotensin and a related systemically active peptide agonist. Peptides 18 (8) 1223–
1227, 1997.—Several lines of evidence have shown that neurotensin can modulate
dopamine neurotransmission. It has been suggested that neurotensin has potential
antipsychotic activity because it reduces dopaminergic activity preferentially in the nucleus
accumbens. In the present study, the effects of neurotensin and NT1 (Nα Me-Arg-Lys-Pro …