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D1 receptor activation enhances sciatic nerve stimulation‐induced inhibition of nigrostriatal dopamine neurons
Author(s) -
Kelland Mark D.,
Freeman Arthur S.,
Chiodo Louis A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
synapse
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.809
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1098-2396
pISSN - 0887-4476
DOI - 10.1002/syn.890030407
Subject(s) - stimulation , neuroscience , agonist , sch 23390 , dopamine , quinpirole , dopamine receptor d1 , dopamine receptor , chemistry , endocrinology , medicine , receptor , biology
Nigrostriatal dopamine (NSDA) neurons have been hypothesized to play an important regulatory role in neostriatal sensorimotor integration. In order to provide further information on the nature of sensory modulation of NSDA cells, we have examined the pharmacology of the responsiveness of these neurons to peripheral nerve stimulation. The selective D1 dopamine receptor agonist SKF 38393 enhanced the normal inhibition of NSDA neurons produced by electrical stimulation of the sciatic nerve. The SKF 38393‐induced enhancement, but not the basal stimulation‐induced inhibition itself, was blocked by prior hemitransection of the forebrain and was reversed by the selective D1 antagonist SCH 23390 but not by the selective D2 antagonist 1‐sulpiride. SCH 23390 alone, however, exerted no effect on this inhibition. The selective D1 receptor agonist fenoldopam, which does not cross the blood‐brain barrier, also failed to alter the response to sciatic nerve stimulation (i.v. administration). Thus, central D1 receptors (rostral to the midbrain) appear to be involved in a system which mediates phasic control over sensory modulation of NSDA neuronal activity.

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