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Animal activity monitors were used to measure spontaneous motor activity in pigeons.d-Amphetamine produced dose-dependent (0.56–5.6 mg/kg) increases in total activity counts while the highest dose (10.0 mg/kg) of drug increased activity counts less. Compared to the 24-h distribution of activity counts in the undrugged control conditions, the 5.6- and 10.0-mg/kg doses produced a change in the temporal pattern from a unimodal to a bimodal form. Increased spontaneous motor activity at low to moderate doses ofd-amphetamine, with smaller increases at the higher doses, has been observed with other species, indicating that the spontaneous motor activity of the pigeon is affected byd-amphetamine in a manner similar to that of other species.
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Idemudia, S.O., McMillan, D.E. Effects ofd-amphetamine on spontaneous motor activity in pigeons. Psychopharmacology 84, 315–317 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00555205
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00555205