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A neuropharmacological analysis of central nervous system catecholamine systems in developmental protein malnutrition
Author(s) -
Leahy J. P.,
Stern W. C.,
Resnick O.,
Morgane P. J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.420110409
Subject(s) - catecholamine , central nervous system , malnutrition , neuroscience , psychology , nervous system , medicine , developmental psychology
Four experiments were performed to evaluate the effects of developmental protein deprivation on the behavioral response of adult rats to treatments known to affect central nervous system catecholamine systems. Results showed no group differences between protein malnourished and control animals in locomotor responsiveness to d‐ or l‐amphetamine, recovery from behavioral asymmetry produced by a unilateral lesion of the substantia nigra , or in the development of response patterns indicative of denervation supersensitivity. However, a dose‐dependent diminution in the ability of apomorphine to produce stereotyped behavior was noted in the malnourished group, suggesting that a class of brain dopamine receptors may be impaired or may have undergone homeostatic modification as a result of the undernutrition procedure.