Influence of amphetamine and scopolamine on the catalepsy induced by diencephalic lesions in rats.

Abstract The anticataleptic activity of seopolamine and amphetamine was compared in a group of ten rats with a permanent catatonic state induced by large electrolytic lesions directed to the posterior hypothalamus. A full remission of the cataleptic reactions was obtained with both drugs at the dose of 5 mg/kg i.p.