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F. M. Sturtevant

1 paper in the library · 15 citations · publishing 1956

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Effects of Mescaline in Laboratory Animals and Influence of Ataraxics on Mescaline-Response

Experimental Biology and Medicine June 1, 1956 F. M. Sturtevant, Victor A. Drill 15 citations

Mescaline injected into dogs and cats, including directly into the brain's lateral ventricle in cats, first caused acute autonomic effects and then catatonia. Pretreatment with the tranquilizing drugs chlorpromazine, reserpine, and azacyclonol appeared to alter or prevent these responses.