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Roberts BM, Lopes EF, Cragg SJ. Axonal Modulation of Striatal Dopamine Release by Local γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Signalling. Cells 2021; 10:709. [PMID: 33806845 PMCID: PMC8004767 DOI: 10.3390/cells10030709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Revised: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Striatal dopamine (DA) release is critical for motivated actions and reinforcement learning, and is locally influenced at the level of DA axons by other striatal neurotransmitters. Here, we review a wealth of historical and more recently refined evidence indicating that DA output is inhibited by striatal γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) acting via GABAA and GABAB receptors. We review evidence supporting the localisation of GABAA and GABAB receptors to DA axons, as well as the identity of the striatal sources of GABA that likely contribute to GABAergic modulation of DA release. We discuss emerging data outlining the mechanisms through which GABAA and GABAB receptors inhibit the amplitude as well as modulate the short-term plasticity of DA release. Furthermore, we highlight recent data showing that DA release is governed by plasma membrane GABA uptake transporters on striatal astrocytes, which determine ambient striatal GABA tone and, by extension, the tonic inhibition of DA release. Finally, we discuss how the regulation of striatal GABA-DA interactions represents an axis for dysfunction in psychomotor disorders associated with dysregulated DA signalling, including Parkinson's disease, and could be a novel therapeutic target for drugs to modify striatal DA output.
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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Kramer PF, Twedell EL, Shin JH, Zhang R, Khaliq ZM. Axonal mechanisms mediating γ-aminobutyric acid receptor type A (GABA-A) inhibition of striatal dopamine release. eLife 2020; 9:e55729. [PMID: 32870779 PMCID: PMC7462615 DOI: 10.7554/elife.55729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Axons of dopaminergic neurons innervate the striatum where they contribute to movement and reinforcement learning. Past work has shown that striatal GABA tonically inhibits dopamine release, but whether GABA-A receptors directly modulate transmission or act indirectly through circuit elements is unresolved. Here, we use whole-cell and perforated-patch recordings to test for GABA-A receptors on the main dopaminergic neuron axons and branching processes within the striatum of adult mice. Application of GABA depolarized axons, but also decreased the amplitude of axonal spikes, limited propagation and reduced striatal dopamine release. The mechanism of inhibition involved sodium channel inactivation and shunting. Lastly, we show the positive allosteric modulator diazepam enhanced GABA-A currents on dopaminergic axons and directly inhibited release, but also likely acts by reducing excitation from cholinergic interneurons. Thus, we reveal the mechanisms of GABA-A receptor modulation of dopamine release and provide new insights into the actions of benzodiazepines within the striatum.
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- Paul F Kramer
- Cellular Neurophysiology Unit, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaUnited States
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- Cellular Neurophysiology Unit, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaUnited States
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- Laboratory on Neurobiology of Compulsive Behaviors, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaUnited States
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- Cellular Neurophysiology Unit, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaUnited States
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- Cellular Neurophysiology Unit, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaUnited States
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Brodnik ZD, Batra A, Oleson EB, España RA. Local GABA A Receptor-Mediated Suppression of Dopamine Release within the Nucleus Accumbens. ACS Chem Neurosci 2019; 10:1978-1985. [PMID: 30253088 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Benzodiazepines make up a class of psychoactive drugs that act as allosteric co-activators of the inhibitory GABAA receptor. These drugs are useful for the treatment of several psychiatric disorders but also hold considerable abuse liability. Despite the common use and misuse of benzodiazepines, the mechanisms through which these drugs exert their reinforcing effects remain incompletely understood. Transient phasic increases in dopamine levels are believed to play an important role in defining the reinforcing properties of drugs of abuse, and we recently demonstrated that systemic administration of benzodiazepines increased the frequency of these events but concomitantly reduced their amplitude. This observation provides insight into the pharmacological effects of benzodiazepines on dopamine signaling, but the processes through which benzodiazepines drive changes in phasic dopamine signals remain unclear. In these studies, we investigated the mechanisms through which benzodiazepines may reduce the phasic dopamine transient amplitude. We tested the effect of the benzodiazepine diazepam and the GABAA agonist muscimol on evoked dopamine release from nucleus accumbens brain slices using fast scan cyclic voltammetry. We found that both diazepam and muscimol reduce dopamine release and that reductions in dopamine release following GABAA receptor activation can be blocked by co-application of a GABAB receptor antagonist. These results suggest that activation of GABAA receptors in the nucleus accumbens decreases dopamine release by disinhibition of local GABA signaling and subsequent activation of GABAB receptors. Overall, this work provides a putative mechanism through which benzodiazepines reduce the amplitude of phasic dopamine release in vivo.
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- Zachary D. Brodnik
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado 80217-3364, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129, United States
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Gomez-A A, Fiorenza AM, Boschen SL, Sugi AH, Beckman D, Ferreira ST, Lee K, Blaha CD, Da Cunha C. Diazepam Inhibits Electrically Evoked and Tonic Dopamine Release in the Nucleus Accumbens and Reverses the Effect of Amphetamine. ACS Chem Neurosci 2017; 8:300-309. [PMID: 28038309 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.6b00358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Diazepam is a benzodiazepine receptor agonist with anxiolytic and addictive properties. Although most drugs of abuse increase the level of release of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens, here we show that diazepam not only causes the opposite effect but also prevents amphetamine from enhancing dopamine release. We used 20 min sampling in vivo microdialysis and subsecond fast-scan cyclic voltammetry recordings at carbon-fiber microelectrodes to show that diazepam caused a dose-dependent decrease in the level of tonic and electrically evoked dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens of urethane-anesthetized adult male Swiss mice. In fast-scan cyclic voltammetry assays, dopamine release was evoked by electrical stimulation of the ventral tegmental area. We observed that 2 and 3 mg of diazepam/kg reduced the level of electrically evoked dopamine release, and this effect was reversed by administration of the benzodiazepine receptor antagonist flumazenil in doses of 2.5 and 5 mg/kg, respectively. No significant effects on measures of dopamine re-uptake were observed. Cyclic voltammetry experiments further showed that amphetamine (5 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) caused a significant increase in the level of dopamine release and in the half-life for dopamine re-uptake. Diazepam (2 mg/kg) significantly weakened the effect of amphetamine on dopamine release without affecting dopamine re-uptake. These results suggest that the pharmacological effects of benzodiazepines have a dopaminergic component. In addition, our findings challenge the classic view that all drugs of abuse cause dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens and suggest that benzodiazepines could be useful in the treatment of addiction to other drugs that increase the level of dopamine release, such as cocaine, amphetamines, and nicotine.
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- Alexander Gomez-A
- Departamento
de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba 81.530-980, PR, Brazil
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- Departamento
de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba 81.530-980, PR, Brazil
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- Departamento
de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba 81.530-980, PR, Brazil
- Institute
of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho and Institute of Medical Biochemistry
Leopoldo de Meis, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento
de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba 81.530-980, PR, Brazil
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- Institute
of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho and Institute of Medical Biochemistry
Leopoldo de Meis, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institute
of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho and Institute of Medical Biochemistry
Leopoldo de Meis, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department
of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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- Department
of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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- Departamento
de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba 81.530-980, PR, Brazil
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Melón LC, Boehm SL. GABAA receptors in the posterior, but not anterior, ventral tegmental area mediate Ro15-4513-induced attenuation of binge-like ethanol consumption in C57BL/6J female mice. Behav Brain Res 2011; 220:230-7. [PMID: 21320533 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2010] [Revised: 02/02/2011] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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GABA(A) receptors have been shown to modulate dopaminergic output from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) in studies of both natural and drug rewards, including alcohol. Ro15-4513, the imidazobenzodiazepine derivative and allosteric modulator at the GABA(A) receptor, reliably antagonizes the behavioral effects of alcohol. Various models of alcohol consumption show a decrease in consummatory behaviors, specific to ethanol, following acute administration of the drug. In the present study, Ro15-4513 was systemically administered, or microinjected into the anterior or posterior VTA, to explore the role of GABA(A) receptors at this region in modulating the high pattern of alcohol consumption by C57BL/6J inbred mice in the Drinking in the Dark (DID) model. Animals had 2h access to ethanol for 6 days prior to drug manipulations. Immediately before the seventh day of access, mice were systemically (I.P.) or site-specifically administered Ro15-4513. Systemic Ro15-4513 (at 10mg/kg) decreased binge-like ethanol intake in the DID paradigm. Additionally, there was a stepwise decrease in consumption following Ro15-4513 microinjection into the posterior VTA, with the highest dose significantly decreasing ethanol intake. There was no effect found following microinjection into the anterior VTA, nor was there an effect of systemic or intra-posterior VTA Ro15-4513 on consumption of a 5% sucrose solution or water. The present findings support a role for Ro15-4513 sensitive VTA-GABA(A) receptors in modulating binge-like ethanol consumption. Moreover, the work here adds to the growing body of literature suggesting regional heterogeneity in the VTA.
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- Laverne C Melón
- Psychobiology of Addictions, Department of Psychology, Indiana University/Purdue University-Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Ivanov A, Tyzio R, Zilberter Y, Ben-Ari Y. (R)-roscovitine, a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, enhances tonic GABA inhibition in rat hippocampus. Neuroscience 2008; 156:277-88. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.06.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2008] [Revised: 05/27/2008] [Accepted: 06/16/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Ugale RR, Hirani K, Morelli M, Chopde CT. Role of neuroactive steroid allopregnanolone in antipsychotic-like action of olanzapine in rodents. Neuropsychopharmacology 2004; 29:1597-609. [PMID: 15100702 DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Olanzapine increases brain allopregnanolone (ALLO) levels sufficiently to modulate neuronal activity by allosterically regulating GABAA receptors. Recently, we reported the antipsychotic-like profile of ALLO in rodents. The present study examined the hypothesis that olanzapine-induced elevation of endogenous neurosteroid ALLO is vital for its neuroleptic-like action. The conditioned avoidance response (CAR) and apomorphine-induced climbing behavioral paradigms were used in rodents. Administration of ALLO (1 microg, intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.)) or neurosteroidogenic agents such as the mitochondrial diazepam binding inhibitor receptor agonist, FGIN 1-27 (0.5 microg, i.c.v.) or the ALLO precursor, progesterone (10 mg/kg, i.p.) significantly potentiated olanzapine-induced blockade of CAR and apomorphine-induced climbing. In contrast, these agents failed to alter the antipsychotic-like effect of risperidone and haloperidol. On the other hand, inhibition of the endogenous biosynthesis of neurosteroids by the 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase inhibitor, trilostane (30 mg/kg, i.p.), the 3alpha-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase inhibitor, indomethacin (5 mg/kg, i.p.), or the GABAA receptor antagonist bicuculline (1 mg/kg, i.p.) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) (1 mg/kg, i.p.) blocked the effect of olanzapine, but not of risperidone and haloperidol. Socially isolated animals, known to exhibit decreased brain ALLO and GABAA receptor functions, displayed a shortening in the muscimol-induced loss of righting reflex and an increased susceptibility to apomorphine-induced climbing. Administration of olanzapine, but not of haloperidol and risperidone, normalized the duration of muscimol-elicited loss of righting reflex. Although all three antipsychotics proved capable of antagonizing the apomorphine-induced climbing, a dose almost five times higher of olanzapine was required in socially isolated animals. The data obtained suggest that enhancement of the GABAergic tone plays a key role in the antipsychotic-like effect exerted by olanzapine in rodents, likely as a consequence of augmented levels of neuroactive steroids, in particular ALLO, in the brain. The present findings provide the first specific behavioral evidence in support of the hypothesis that neuroactive steroid ALLO- mediated GABAergic modulation is essential for the antipsychotic-like action of olanzapine.
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- Rajesh R Ugale
- University Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagpur University Campus, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
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Deficit of striatal parvalbumin-reactive GABAergic interneurons and decreased basal ganglia output in a genetic rodent model of idiopathic paroxysmal dystonia. J Neurosci 2000. [PMID: 10995851 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-18-07052.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The underlying mechanisms of various types of hereditary dystonia, a common movement disorder, are still unknown. Recent findings in a genetic model of a type of paroxysmal dystonia, the dt(sz) mutant hamster, pointed to striatal dysfunctions. In the present study, immunhistochemical experiments demonstrated a marked decrease in the number and density of parvalbumin-immunoreactive GABAergic interneurons in all striatal subregions of mutant hamsters. To examine the functional relevance of the reduction of these inhibitory interneurons, the effects of the GABA(A) receptor agonist muscimol on severity of dystonia were examined after microinjections into the striatum and after systemic administrations. Muscimol improved the dystonic syndrome after striatal injections to a similar extent as after systemic treatment, supporting the importance of the deficiency of striatal GABAergic interneurons for the occurrence of the motor disturbances. The disinhibition of striatal GABAergic projection neurons, as suggested by recent extracellular single-unit recordings in dt(sz) hamsters, should lead to an abnormal neuronal activity in the basal ganglia output nuclei. Indeed, a significantly decreased basal discharge rate of entopeduncular neurons was found in dt(sz) hamsters. We conclude that a deficit of striatal GABAergic interneurons leads by disinhibition of striatal GABAergic projection neurons to a reduced activity in the entopeduncular nucleus, i.e., to a decreased basal ganglia output. This finding is in line with the current hypothesis about the pathophysiology of hyperkinesias. The results indicate that striatal interneurons deserve attention in basic and clinical research of those movement disorders.
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Yamaguchi M, Suzuki T, Abe S, Baba A, Ito T, Okado N. Time-course effects of a single administration of cocaine on receptor binding and subunit mRNAs of GABA(A) receptors. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 2000; 81:155-63. [PMID: 11000487 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(00)00166-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We investigated the time-course effects of a single administration of cocaine (20 mg/kg) on GABA(A) receptor binding labeled by t-[(35)S]butylbicyclophophorothionate (TBPS) and on several types of GABA(A) receptor subunit mRNAs in the rat brain by in vitro quantitative receptor autoradiography and in situ hybridization. The levels of alpha 1, beta 2, and beta 3 subunit mRNAs in several brain regions such as the cortex, cerebellum, and striatum were significantly decreased within 1 h, while beta 3 subunit mRNA was increased in the dentate gyrus. All of these changes were transient, occurring within 1 h after the injection of cocaine. In the cortex and cerebellum, the reduction in alpha1 subunit mRNA was followed by a significant decrease in [(35)S]TBPS receptor binding, which occurred 4 h after cocaine injection. These findings suggest that acute cocaine administration discretely regulates GABA(A) receptor subunit mRNA levels in several brain regions through a change in transcription or turnover rates of subunit mRNAs, which may be closely related to cocaine-induced behavioral abnormalities.
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- M Yamaguchi
- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Rehders JH, Löscher W, Richter A. Evidence for striatal dopaminergic overactivity in paroxysmal dystonia indicated by microinjections in a genetic rodent model. Neuroscience 2000; 97:267-77. [PMID: 10799758 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(00)00073-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mutant dystonic hamsters (dt(sz)), a model of primary paroxysmal dystonia, display attacks of generalized dystonia in response to mild stress in an age-dependent manner. Recent studies in dystonic hamsters have revealed decreased densities of dopamine D(1) and D(2) in the dorsal striatum. This finding has been interpreted as a down-regulation in response to enhanced dopamine release because systemic treatments with neuroleptics reduced the severity of dystonia while levodopa exerted prodystonic effects. Therefore, in the present study we investigated the effects of amphetamine as well as of selective D(1) or D(2) receptor agonists and antagonists on the severity of dystonia after systemic administrations and after microinjections into the dorsal striatum. Amphetamine and the dopamine D(2) agonist quinpirole increased the severity of dystonia after systemic and striatal injections, while the dopamine D(1) agonist SKF 38393 exerted only moderate prodystonic effects after systemic administration of a high dose but not after striatal injections. These results suggest that a predominant overstimulation of D(2) receptors is pathogenetically involved in the dystonic syndrome. Combined systemic or striatal administrations of the D(1) and D(2) receptor agonists did not reveal synergistic prodystonic effects at the examined doses. The selective D(1) antagonist SCH 23390 as well as the D(2) antagonist raclopride tended to decrease the severity of dystonia after systemic administration but failed to exert significant effects after striatal injection. The coadministration of ineffective doses of the antagonists SCH 23390 and raclopride, however, exerted an enormous antidystonic efficacy after both systemic and striatal injections. Since striatal injections of compounds which enhance dopaminergic activity aggravated dystonia, while coinjections of dopamine D1 and D2 receptor antagonists reduced the severity of dystonia, the present findings clearly support the hypothesis that striatal dopaminergic overactivity plays a crucial role for the manifestation of dystonic attacks in the hamster model of paroxysmal dystonia.
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MESH Headings
- 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine/administration & dosage
- 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine/pharmacology
- Aging
- Amphetamine/administration & dosage
- Amphetamine/pharmacology
- Animals
- Benzazepines/administration & dosage
- Benzazepines/pharmacology
- Corpus Striatum/drug effects
- Corpus Striatum/physiopathology
- Cricetinae
- Dopamine Agonists/pharmacology
- Dopamine Antagonists/pharmacology
- Dystonia/genetics
- Dystonia/physiopathology
- Female
- Functional Laterality
- Male
- Microinjections
- Quinpirole/administration & dosage
- Quinpirole/pharmacology
- Raclopride/administration & dosage
- Raclopride/pharmacology
- Receptors, Dopamine D1/physiology
- Receptors, Dopamine D2/physiology
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- J H Rehders
- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Bünteweg 17, D-30559, Hannover, Germany
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Khisti RT, Chopde CT, Abraham E. GABAergic involvement in motor effects of an adenosine A(2A) receptor agonist in mice. Neuropharmacology 2000; 39:1004-15. [PMID: 10727710 DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(99)00187-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Adenosine A(2A) agonists are known to induce catalepsy and inhibit dopamine mediated motor hyperactivity. An antagonistic interaction between adenosine A(2A) and dopamine D(2) receptors is known to regulate GABA-mediated neurotransmission in striatopallidal neurons. Stimulation of adenosine A(2A) and dopamine D(2) receptors has been shown to increase and inhibit GABA release respectively in pallidal GABAergic neurons. However, the role of GABAergic neurotransmission in the motor effects of adenosine A(2A) receptors is not yet known. Therefore in the present study the effect of GABAergic agents on adenosine A(2A) receptor agonist (NECA- or CGS 21680) induced catalepsy and inhibition of amphetamine elicited motor hyperactivity was examined. Pretreatment with GABA, the GABA(A) agonist muscimol or the GABA(B) agonist baclofen potentiated whereas the GABA(A) antagonist bicuculline attenuated NECA- or CGS 21680-induced catalepsy. However, the GABA(B) antagonists phaclophen and delta-aminovaleric acid had no effect. Administration of NECA or CGS 21680 not only reduced spontaneous locomotor activity but also antagonized amphetamine elicited motor hyperactivity. These effects of NECA and CGS 21680 were potentiated by GABA or muscimol and antagonized by bicuculline. These findings provide behavioral evidence for the role of GABA in the motor effects of adenosine A(2A) receptor agonists. Activation of adenosine A(2A) receptors increases GABA release which could reduce dopaminergic tone and induce catalepsy or inhibit amphetamine mediated motor hyperactivity.
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- R T Khisti
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagpur University Campus, Nagpur 440 010, Maharashtra, India
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The magnitude of behavioral sensitization to cocaine is correlated with decreased striatal GABA(A) receptor function. We examined whether GABA release from striatal slices is also altered in cocaine-treated rats. Behavioral sensitization was measured in rats receiving either saline or cocaine (15 mg kg(-1)) daily for 14 days. Cocaine-treated rats showed a significant increase in locomotion and stereotypy over days. Potassium-stimulated endogenous GABA release was measured from superfused striatal slices of these rats. GABA release was significantly decreased in cocaine-treated rats. However, striatal slices preloaded with [(3)H]GABA exhibited a slight but significant increase in release after cocaine sensitization. Similar treatment with a nonsensitizing dose of cocaine (7.5 mg kg(-1)) did not change endogenous GABA release. Saline- and cocaine-treated rats showed no differences in striatal glutamic acid decarboxylase activity at either a saturating or K(m) concentration of glutamate. Therefore, the decrease in endogenous GABA release is not due to a decrease in GABA synthesis, but may reflect changes in GABA storage pools. These data are consistent with an overall decrease in GABA transmission, both pre- and postsynaptically, in the striatum of sensitized rats, which could contribute to enhanced striatal output and behavioral sensitization.
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- B J Jung
- Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA.
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Resnick A, Homanics GE, Jung BJ, Peris J. Increased acute cocaine sensitivity and decreased cocaine sensitization in GABA(A) receptor beta3 subunit knockout mice. J Neurochem 1999; 73:1539-48. [PMID: 10501199 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0731539.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The role of the GABA(A) receptor beta3 subunit in determining acute cocaine sensitivity and behavioral sensitization to repeated cocaine was measured in mice missing both (-/-), one (+/-), or neither (+/+) allele of the beta3 gene. Locomotor stimulation induced by one cocaine injection (20 mg/kg, i.p.) was found to be greater in -/- mice compared with +/+ mice, whereas cocaine-induced behaviors were intermediate in +/- mice. Amphetamine did not cause greater locomotor responses in -/- mice, suggesting that the increased sensitivity of -/- mice to cocaine does not generalize to other psychomotor stimulants. GABA-stimulated chloride uptake was 51% lower in striatum of -/- mice compared with +/+ mice, but only 27% lower in cortex. After 14 daily cocaine injections, the behavioral response to cocaine was increased in +/+ and +/- mice, but was not increased further in -/- mice. Additionally, repeated cocaine exposure decreased striatal GABA(A) receptor function in +/+ and +/- mice. In -/- mice, GABA(A) receptor function was not decreased any further by repeated cocaine injections. Thus, alterations in the beta3 subunit may be responsible for determining the behavioral responses induced by acute and repeated cocaine treatment, as well as mediating the neurochemical adaptation that occurs during sensitization to repeated cocaine.
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- A Resnick
- Department of Pharmacodynamics, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA
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Di Florio T, Goucke CR. The effect of midazolam on persistent postoperative nausea and vomiting. Anaesth Intensive Care 1999; 27:38-40. [PMID: 10050221 DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9902700107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The effect of intravenous midazolam on persistent postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) was compared to placebo in a prospective randomized double-blind study. Twenty patients aged 18 to 82 years with persistent PONV resistant to standard anti-emetics and present for greater than six hours were randomized to receive either an intravenous infusion of midazolam 1.0 mg/h or placebo. Nausea (P = 0.04), vomiting (P = 0.02) and the use of rescue anti-emetics (P = 0.003) were significantly less in the midazolam group. We conclude that low-dose intravenous infusion of midazolam significantly reduces persistent PONV.
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- T Di Florio
- Department of Anaesthesia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia
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Garcia de Mateos-Verchere J, Leprince J, Tonon MC, Vaudry H, Costentin J. The octadecaneuropeptide ODN inhibits apomorphine-induced yawning in rats. Eur J Pharmacol 1998; 357:121-6. [PMID: 9797027 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(98)00570-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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High concentrations of diazepam-binding inhibitor (DBI) have been detected in brain areas containing dopaminergic cell bodies and nerve terminals. In the present study, we have investigated the effect of a proteolytic fragment of DBI, the octadecaneuropeptide ODN, on apomorphine-induced yawning in Sprague-Dawley rats. Injection of graded doses of ODN (12.5 to 100 ng i.c.v.) caused a dose-dependent inhibition of apomorphine-induced yawning and penile erections. At a dose of 100 ng, intracerebroventricularly administered ODN was able to inhibit, during more than 3 h, the apomorphine-evoked yawning. ODN also inhibited pilocarpine-induced yawning. Apomorphine induces a bell-shaped dose-dependent effect on yawning with a maximum response at the dose of 100 microg/kg and a much lower effect at a dose of 200 microg/kg. Injection (i.c.v.) of 100 ng ODN markedly attenuated the number of yawns induced by 100 microg/kg apomorphine but partially restored the yawning behavior in rats treated with a 200 microg/kg dose of apomorphine. At doses of 0.5 or 5 mg/kg s.c., diazepam did not modify the inhibitory effect of ODN on the apomorphine-induced yawning. Taken together, the present data suggest that ODN inhibits yawning downstream dopaminergic as well as cholinergic synapses involved in yawning. In addition, the effect of ODN cannot be ascribed to an inverse agonistic activity on central-type benzodiazepine receptors.
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Khisti RT, Mandhane SN, Chopde CT. The neurosteroid 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one induces catalepsy in mice. Neurosci Lett 1998; 251:85-8. [PMID: 9718980 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(98)00479-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Intracerebroventricular injection of the neurosteroid 3alpha-hydroxy-5alpha-pregnan-20-one (3alpha,5alphaTHP) induced catalepsy in mice, within less than 10 min of its administration, which lasted for more than 3 h. This catalepsy was reversed by i.p. administration of picrotoxin, bicuculline, bromocriptine and levodopa-plus-carbidopa combination. A low i.p. dose of 3alpha,5alphaTHP (1.5 mg/kg) did not induce catalepsy. However, significant catalepsy was noted when 3alpha,5alphaTHP (1.5 mg/kg) was administered by the i.p. route in the mice pretreated with subcataleptic doses of haloperidol, muscimol or aminooxyacetic acid. The results, for the first time, demonstrate the cataleptogenic potential of 3alpha,5alphaTHP and suggest that neurosteroids may affect central dopaminergic transmission through their direct action on GABA(A) receptors.
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- R T Khisti
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagpur University Campus, Maharashtra, India
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Bidziński A, Siemiatkowski M, Członkowska A, Tonderska A, Płaźnik A. The effect of serotonin depletion on motor activity habituation, and [3H]muscimol binding in the rat hippocampus. Eur J Pharmacol 1998; 353:5-12. [PMID: 9721034 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(98)00390-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The effect of serotonin depletion (p-chlorophenylalanine pretreatment) on habituation of exploratory motor activity, and on cortical and hippocampal [3H]muscimol binding in vitro, was examined in rats. It appeared that the very strong decrease in serotonin concentration abolished motor habituation in the open field and decreased [3H]muscimol binding to cortical and hippocampal brain slices. The GABA(A) receptor down-regulation was due to a decrease in the apparent affinity of the radioligand for the receptors. p-Chlorophenylalanine-induced biochemical changes were selective and most probably secondary to serotonin depletion, as the serotonin synthesis inhibitor did not displace [3H]muscimol from its binding sites in neural membranes taken from the occipital cortex. It is concluded that there is a functional interaction between brain serotonin and GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) systems, both at behavioral and biochemical levels, that is involved in the motor activity habituation process.
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- A Bidziński
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
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The benzodiazepine agonist, diazepam, inhibits cAMP production in the rat brain. Since cAMP influences c-fos activity, we examined the effects of diazepam on expression of this immediate early gene, as indicated by Western blot analysis. Intraperitoneal administration of diazepam increased Fos protein levels in the striatum, but not in the hippocampus. In contrast, pretreatment with diazepam blocked the potent inducing effect of amphetamine, in both brain regions. Similar induction and blockade effects were also observed for a 90 kDa Fos related antigen (Fra), in the striatum and hippocampus. The possible mechanisms underlying the modulatory effects of diazepam on c-fos expression in the brain are discussed.
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- L P Niles
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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Petty F, Jordan S, Kramer GL, Zukas PK, Wu J. Benzodiazepine prevention of swim stress-induced sensitization of cortical biogenic amines: an in vivo microdialysis study. Neurochem Res 1997; 22:1101-4. [PMID: 9251099 DOI: 10.1023/a:1027309117349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In vivo microdialysis was used to determine the effect of diazepam, flumazenil and FG-7142 upon the biogenic amine response to acute and repeated swim stress in the medial prefrontal cortex of the rat. Acute swim stress increased norepinephrine levels, although dopamine and serotonin levels remained stable. Upon re-exposure to swim stress twenty-four hours later, sustained increases (200-300% of baseline) in all three biogenic amines were detected. This enhanced response to re-stress was not seen in rats pretreated with either a benzodiazepine: agonist (diazepam, 2 mg/kg), an antagonist (flumazenil, 10 mg/kg), or an inverse agonist (FG-7142, 10 mg/kg) given prior to the first swim stress. Therefore, the sensitization of biogenic amine response to re-stress may be prevented by compounds which differ in their activity at the benzodiazepine receptor.
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- F Petty
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas 75216, USA. PETTY.FREDERICK/DALLAS.VA.GOV
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Gruen RJ, Silva R, Ehrlich J, Schweitzer JW, Friedhoff AJ. Vulnerability to stress: self-criticism and stress-induced changes in biochemistry. J Pers 1997; 65:33-47. [PMID: 9143144 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1997.tb00528.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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It has been hypothesized that individuals who are high on the attribute of self-criticism are particularly vulnerable to failure stress. To test this hypothesis, we examined the relationship between self-criticism and changes in plasma homovanillic acid (HVA; the metabolite of dopamine) and emotion during exposure to an induced-failure task. Participants consisted of 21 women. Plasma HVA and emotion were assessed at three time points: baseline (T1), during stress exposure (T2), and 40 minutes after cessation of the stressor (T3). We found that self-criticism was significantly and positively related to changes in plasma HVA during stress exposure. In addition, the personality attribute was significantly and positively related to subjective ratings of stress and changes in scores on the Confusion-Bewilderment scale of the Profile of Mood States during the task. To our knowledge, this is the first study to report that self-criticism is related to stress-induced changes in biochemistry.
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- R J Gruen
- Department of Psychiatry, Millhauser Laboratories, New York University, NY 10016, USA
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Gruen RJ, Wenberg K, Selim M, Friedhoff AJ, Bradberry CW. Novelty-associated locomotion: correlation with cortical and sub-cortical GABAA receptor binding. Eur J Pharmacol 1996; 309:115-20. [PMID: 8874129 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00332-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The present study was designed to determine whether variability in GABA (eta-aminobutyric acid)A receptor binding in cortical and subcortical brain regions was correlated with locomotor activity in a novel environment. Twenty four animals were rated for locomotor activity in a novel circular runway. Eight days later, locomotor activity was assessed following 1.5 mg/kg amphetamine sulfate (i.p.). After four to six days, animals were killed and samples were pooled in groups of four animals ranked according to novely locomotor score, and specific binding of the GABAA receptor antagonist [2-(3'-carboxy-2'-propyl)-3-amino-6-p-methoxy phenylpyridazinium bromide] ([3H]SR95531) was determined. Significant negative correlations were seen between specific ([3H]SR95531) binding and novelty induced locomotion in the cingulate and prefrontal cortices, and in the ventral pallidum. A near-significant negative correlation was seen in the striatum. Correlation coefficients between locomotion scores in the novel environment and specific [3H]SR95531 binding were: cingulate cortex, R = -0.91, P = 0.012; prefrontal cortex, R = -0.85, P = 0.032; ventral pallidum, R = -0.85, P = 0.030; striatum, R = -0.73, P = 0.097; and nucleus accumbens, R = -0.09, P = 0.85. The positive correlation between novelty- and amphetamine-induced locomotion was also quite high (R = 0.95, P = 0.004). These results are discussed in terms of their relevance to potential biochemical correlates of drug abuse vulnerability.
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- R J Gruen
- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, USA
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Mocsary Z, Bradberry CW. Effect of ethanol on extracellular dopamine in nucleus accumbens: comparison between Lewis and Fischer 344 rat strains. Brain Res 1996; 706:194-8. [PMID: 8822356 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01200-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to examine the differential effects of intraperitoneal ethanol on the mesoaccumbens dopamine (DA) system in Fischer 344 and Lewis rat strains, utilizing microdialysis in awake animals. At the lowest dose tested (0.5 g/kg), there were no changes in extracellular DA in the nucleus accumbens in either strain. There was a differential response to the intermediate dose of 1 g/kg ethanol, with an 84% increase in extracellular DA in the Fischer, but no change in Lewis rats. The highest dose administered (2 g/kg) did not induce significant increases in DA in either strain. These data demonstrate that the mesoaccumbens DA systems of Fischer and Lewis rat strains differ in their susceptibility to activation by ethanol, and suggest that the higher alcohol preference of Lewis rats is not associated with an enhanced DAergic response to acute experimental administration of ethanol.
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- Z Mocsary
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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Agmo A, Galvan A, Heredia A, Morales M. Naloxone blocks the antianxiety but not the motor effects of benzodiazepines and pentobarbital: experimental studies and literature review. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 1995; 120:186-94. [PMID: 7480551 DOI: 10.1007/bf02246192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The role of opioid systems in the anticonflict effect of chlordiazepoxide, diazepam and pentobarbital was evaluated with a modified Vogel procedure. First, morphine, ineffective by itself, was combined with subeffective or marginally effective doses of the benzodiazepines in order to detect possible potentiation. However, the combined treatment reduced licking in the Vogel procedure as well as in a licking test where no shock was administered. Several doses of the benzodiazepines and pentobarbital were then administered in combination with several doses of the opiate antagonist naloxone. A dose-dependent inhibition of anticonflict effect was obtained. In an additional experiment, it was shown that naloxone blocked the effects of diazepam in the elevated plus-maze procedure. Motor deficiencies, as evaluated with a rotarod test, produced by the benzodiazepines and pentobarbital could not be antagonized by naloxone. It is concluded that opioids are important for the anticonflict but not for the motor effects of these drugs. An analysis of published studies concerning the interaction of opioids and benzodiazepines in several procedures supposed to reflect anxiolytic effects shows that the inhibition obtained with naloxone is reliable and not procedure specific. The mechanisms by which opiate antagonists produce this inhibition of anticonflict activity are not known. It is tentatively suggested that opioid activation associated with stress may be a necessary component of anxiolysis.
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- A Agmo
- Laboratoire de Psychophysiologie, Université de Tours, Faculté des Sciences, France
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Gruen RJ, Wenberg K, Elahi R, Friedhoff AJ. Alterations in GABAA receptor binding in the prefrontal cortex following exposure to chronic stress. Brain Res 1995; 684:112-4. [PMID: 7583199 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)00441-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The present study was designed to examine the effects of chronic stress on GABAA receptor binding. Animals were randomly assigned to either a control, acute, or chronic stress condition and changes in specific binding were assessed using the GABAA receptor antagonist [3H]SR 95531. Exposure to chronic restraint stress led to a significant reduction in GABAA receptor binding in the prefrontal cortex. Alterations in specific binding were not observed in the cerebellum, caudate-putamen, hippocampus, or cingulate cortex however, suggesting that the effects of chronic stress may be regionally specific. Exposure to acute restraint did not lead to a significant alteration in [3H]SR 95531 binding in any brain region examined.
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- R J Gruen
- Department of Psychiatry, New York University, New York 10003, USA
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Drugan RC, Basile AS, Ha JH, Ferland RJ. The protective effects of stress control may be mediated by increased brain levels of benzodiazepine receptor agonists. Brain Res 1994; 661:127-36. [PMID: 7834364 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)91189-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Control over stress protects against many of the deleterious effects of stress exposure, but the endogenous mediators responsible for these prophylactic effects have remained elusive. Using behavioral pharmacology, in vitro radioligand binding and neurochemical analyses, we demonstrate that exposure to escapable stress results in brain and behavior changes reminiscent of benzodiazepine administration. The stress control group shows significant protection against picrotoxinin-induced seizures, reductions in [35S]t-butylbicyclophosphorothionate (TBPS) binding and a 3-fold increase of benzodiazepine-like substances in brain in comparison to both yoked-inescapable shock and non-shock controls. These observations suggest that coping behavior leads to the release of endogenous benzodiazepine-like compounds in brain which protect the organism from stress pathology.
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- R C Drugan
- Schrier Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
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Moghaddam B. Recent basic findings in support of excitatory amino acid hypotheses of schizophrenia. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 1994; 18:859-70. [PMID: 7972857 DOI: 10.1016/0278-5846(94)90102-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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1. Several clinical and post-mortem tissue findings have suggested a role for excitatory amino acid neuronal systems in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. 2. These include the ability of NMDA antagonists, phencyclidine and ketamine, to cause both negative and positive symptoms in healthy subjects, and abnormalities in the densities of some types of excitatory amino acid receptors in the postmortem tissue of schizophrenic brains. 3. The present review describes recent basic findings that have examined the involvement of excitatory amino acids in the mechanism of action of antipsychotic drugs. These include studies on the functional links between glutamatergic and dopaminergic systems, effect of acute and chronic antipsychotic drug treatment on excitatory amino acid function, and stress-induced activation of excitatory amino acid release, in particular in the prefrontal cortex.
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- B Moghaddam
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT
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Murai T, Koshikawa N, Kanayama T, Takada K, Tomiyama K, Kobayashi M. Opposite effects of midazolam and beta-carboline-3-carboxylate ethyl ester on the release of dopamine from rat nucleus accumbens measured by in vivo microdialysis. Eur J Pharmacol 1994; 261:65-71. [PMID: 8001655 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(94)90301-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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This report describes the effects of midazolam and beta-carboline-3-carboxylate ethyl ester (beta-CCE) on extracellular concentrations of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens of freely moving rats measured by in vivo microdialysis. The two compounds had opposite effects, midazolam (0.075 and 0.15 mg/kg i.v.) dose dependently decreasing, and beta-CCE (3 and 10 mg/kg i.p.) dose dependently increasing, dialysate concentrations of dopamine. Flumazenil (6 micrograms/kg i.v.) did not affect the efflux of dopamine but it prevented the effects of both midazolam and beta-CCE on dopamine efflux. N6-Cyclohexyladenosine (0.1, and 1 mg/kg i.p.), a selective adenosine A1 agonist, dose dependently increased the efflux of dopamine. This effect was blocked by 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine (25 mg/kg i.p.), a selective adenosine A1 receptor antagonist, a dose which given alone did not affect dopamine efflux; responses to midazolam were not affected. 3,7-Dimethyl-1-propargylxanthine (1 and 3 mg/kg i.p.), a selective adenosine A2 receptor antagonist, did not mimic the effects of beta-CCE. The results suggest that midazolam and beta-CCE modulate dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens by an action at the benzodiazepine binding site associated with the GABAA receptor complex.
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- T Murai
- Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
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Keefe KA, Sved AF, Zigmond MJ, Abercrombie ED. Stress-induced dopamine release in the neostriatum: evaluation of the role of action potentials in nigrostriatal dopamine neurons or local initiation by endogenous excitatory amino acids. J Neurochem 1993; 61:1943-52. [PMID: 7901337 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1993.tb09837.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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It has been hypothesized that excitatory amino acids can initiate dopamine release in neostriatum. We examined whether the increase in extracellular dopamine in neostriatum produced by acute stress reflects presynaptic initiation of dopamine release by endogenous excitatory amino acids. Thirty minutes of intermittent tail-shock stress significantly elevated extracellular concentrations of dopamine, glutamate, aspartate, and gamma-aminobutyric acid in neostriatum of freely moving rats as measured with in vivo microdialysis. Local infusion of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate or the non-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione via the dialysis probe did not attenuate the stress-induced increase in extracellular dopamine. In fact, the increase was prolonged in rats treated with specific excitatory amino acid receptor antagonists. Infusion of tetrodotoxin into medial forebrain bundle increased extracellular glutamate and aspartate in neostriatum yet reduced basal dopamine in extracellular fluid to below the limit of detection of the assay and eliminated the stress-induced increase in extracellular dopamine. These findings fail to support the hypothesis that the stress-induced increase in extracellular dopamine in neostriatum is initiated locally by excitatory amino acids. Rather, the effects of stress on extracellular dopamine seem to be determined by impulse propagation in dopamine neurons.
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- K A Keefe
- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Anderson JJ, Kuo S, Chase TN, Engber TM. GABAA and GABAB receptors differentially regulate striatal acetylcholine release in vivo. Neurosci Lett 1993; 160:126-30. [PMID: 8247341 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(93)90395-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Microdialysis was used to study the effects of selective GABAergic agents on striatal acetylcholine (ACh) release in awake, freely moving rats. Local perfusion with the GABAA agonist muscimol dramatically reduced striatal ACh release, while the GABAB agonist baclofen caused only minor decreases in ACh release. Co-perfusion with the GABAA antagonist bicuculline diminished the muscimol-induced decrease in ACh release. Likewise, co-perfusion with the GABAB antagonist 2-hydroxysaclofen attenuated the baclofen-induced reduction in ACh release. Bicuculline alone markedly increased striatal ACh release, but 2-hydroxysaclofen by itself had no effect. These results suggest that GABA tonically regulates striatal ACh release primarily through stimulation of inhibitory GABAA receptors.
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- J J Anderson
- Experimental Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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