Rhesus monkeys, pretreated with alpha-methyl-para-tryosine (AMPT) and
subsequently injected with phenylethylamine (PEA), did not demonstrate the
characteristic amphetamine-like PEA effects. However, when AMPT
pretreatment was followed with l-dopa and then PEA injection, PEA effects
were restored. These results are compatible with a dopamine theory of
schizophrenia.
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