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Blockade of FG 7142‐Induced Increased Dopamine Utilization by the Glycine/NMDA Receptor Antagonist (+)‐HA 966
Author(s) -
Horger Brian A.,
Elsworth John D.,
Roth Robert H.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of neurochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.75
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 1471-4159
pISSN - 0022-3042
DOI - 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66051959.x
Subject(s) - nucleus accumbens , dopamine , chemistry , prefrontal cortex , dopamine receptor d1 , endocrinology , inverse agonist , medicine , pharmacology , dopamine receptor d2 , agonist , neuroscience , receptor , biology , biochemistry , cognition
Systemic administration of the anxiogenic benzodiazepine inverse agonist FG 7142 has been shown to increase selectively dopamine utilization in the medial prefrontal cortex and the shell, but not core, subregion of the nucleus accumbens. In the present study, we examined the functional interaction between benzodiazepine and N ‐methyl‐ d ‐aspartate receptor influences on dopamine utilization in these areas. Male Sprague‐Dawley rats were pretreated with the glycine receptor antagonist (+)‐HA 966 (15 mg/kg, i.p.) or saline 15 min before FG 7142 (20 mg/kg, i.p.) or vehicle administration. Subjects were killed 30 min later and assayed for tissue concentrations of dopamine and its major metabolite 3,4‐dihydroxyphenylacetic acid in the core and shell subdivisions of the nucleus accumbens and the medial prefrontal cortex. (+)‐HA 966 administration blocked FG 7142‐induced increased dopamine utilization in both the medial prefrontal cortex and the shell subdivision of the nucleus accumbens. Results are discussed in terms of N ‐methyl‐ d ‐aspartate receptor influences on the response of mesoaccumbal dopamine neurons to stress.