SPROUTING OF STRIATAL SEROTONIN NERVE-TERMINALS FOLLOWING SELECTIVE LESIONS OF NIGRO-STRIATAL DOPAMINE NEURONS IN NEONATAL RAT
SPROUTING OF STRIATAL SEROTONIN NERVE-TERMINALS FOLLOWING SELECTIVE LESIONS OF NIGRO-STRIATAL DOPAMINE NEURONS IN NEONATAL RAT
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DOI:
10.1016/0361-9230(87)90092-x
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发表时间:
1987-08-01
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
JONSSON, G
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作者:
LUTHMAN, J;BOLIOLI, B;JONSSON, G
The effects of neonatal intracisternal 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA; 50 .mu.g) treatment on striatal serotonin (5-HT) nerve terminals in rat have been characterized using histo- and neurochemical methods. The 6-OHDA lesion caused a 60% reduction of striatal dopamine (DA) concentration when analyzed in the adult stage, while 5-HT levels were increased by about 40% and 3H-5-HT uptake in vitro was increased by about 60%. Using computerized image analysis, a marked increase in 5-HT-like immunoreactive terminal density was found in both rostral (+200%) and caudal (+50%) striatum. Pretreatment with the DA uptake blocker amfolenic acid completely counteracted the 6-OHDA-induced alterations in both DA and 5-HT neurons in the striatum, while pretreatment with the noradrenaline uptake blocker desipramine had no significant effects. Regional analysis of 5-HT levels in the CNS after neonatal 6-OHDA treatment or the combined desipramine + 6-OHDA treatment showed no significant effect in any of the brain areas analyzed, apart from the observed 5-HT increase in striatum. It was furthermore observed that the striatal 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA)/5-HT ratio was decreased, while the 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC)/DA ratio was increased following the 6-OHDA lesion, indicating compensatory mechanisms in turnover of transmitters. These alterations were completely reversed after pretreatment with amfolenic acid. The present results support the view that the 5-HT hyperinnervation following neonatal 6-OHDA treatment is a collateral sprouting response induced by lesioning of the striatal DA neurons.