PMID- 15705357 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050509 LR - 20221207 IS - 0006-3223 (Print) IS - 0006-3223 (Linking) VI - 57 IP - 4 DP - 2005 Feb 15 TI - Continuous but not intermittent olanzapine infusion induces vacuous chewing movements in rats. PG - 406-11 AB - BACKGROUND: Continuous, but not intermittent, infusion with a conventional antipsychotic (haloperidol, HAL) can induce the vacuous chewing movement (VCM) syndrome in rats. The objective of this study was to determine whether continuous, versus intermittent, olanzapine (OLZ) infusion differently affects the development of VCMs. METHODS: Experiment 1: Animals were treated with 7.5 mg/kg/day of OLZ or vehicle (VEH) via either minipump (MP) or daily subcutaneous (SC) injections for 8 weeks. Experiment 2: A separate group of rats were treated with 15 mg/kg/day of OLZ, or 1 mg/kg/day of HAL or VEH via MP for 8 weeks. Dopamine D2 receptor occupancy levels were measured, ex vivo, with [3H]-raclopride. RESULTS: Experiment 1: Rats receiving 7.5 mg/kg/day of OLZ via MP (51% D2 occupancy), but not those receiving the same dose via daily SC injections (94% peak D2 occupancy), showed significant VCM levels compared with control animals (p = .02). Experiment 2: Both OLZ (67% D2 occupancy) and HAL (79% D2 occupancy) led to similar increases in VCMs compared with VEH (p = .005). CONCLUSIONS: This study provides strong evidence that even an atypical antipsychotic like OLZ, which rarely gives rise to tardive dyskinesia in the clinic, can lead to the VCM syndrome in rats if the antipsychotic is administered in a method (via MP) that leads to continuous presence of the drug in the brain. FAU - Turrone, Peter AU - Turrone P AD - Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Remington, Gary AU - Remington G FAU - Kapur, Shitij AU - Kapur S FAU - Nobrega, Jose N AU - Nobrega JN LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Biol Psychiatry JT - Biological psychiatry JID - 0213264 RN - 0 (Dopamine Antagonists) RN - 0 (Receptors, Dopamine D2) RN - 0 (Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors) RN - 10028-17-8 (Tritium) RN - 12794-10-4 (Benzodiazepines) RN - 430K3SOZ7G (Raclopride) RN - J6292F8L3D (Haloperidol) RN - N7U69T4SZR (Olanzapine) SB - IM MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Animals MH - Behavior, Animal MH - Benzodiazepines/*administration & dosage/adverse effects/blood MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Dopamine Antagonists/administration & dosage MH - Drug Administration Routes MH - Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced/etiology/*physiopathology MH - Haloperidol/administration & dosage MH - *Infusion Pumps MH - Male MH - Mastication/*drug effects MH - Olanzapine MH - Raclopride/pharmacology MH - Radioligand Assay/methods MH - Random Allocation MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, Dopamine D2/metabolism MH - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors/*administration & dosage/adverse effects/blood MH - Time Factors MH - Tritium/pharmacology EDAT- 2005/02/12 09:00 MHDA- 2005/05/10 09:00 CRDT- 2005/02/12 09:00 PHST- 2004/02/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2004/08/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2004/10/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2004/10/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2005/02/12 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/05/10 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/02/12 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0006-3223(04)01103-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.10.023 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biol Psychiatry. 2005 Feb 15;57(4):406-11. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.10.023.