DIFFERENTIATION OF DOPAMINERGIC AND NORADRENERGIC NEURONS IN RAT SPINAL-CORD
DIFFERENTIATION OF DOPAMINERGIC AND NORADRENERGIC NEURONS IN RAT SPINAL-CORD
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1471-4159.1978.tb12403.x
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
NEFF, NH
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作者:
COMMISSIONG, JW;GALLI, CL;NEFF, NH
Norepinephrine (NE), dopamine (DM) and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (HVA) content were measured in different parts of rat spinal cord and cerebellum by a gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric method. In cerebellum, which does not contain dopaminergic neurons, the ratio of NE to DM content was 47, whereas in parts of the spinal cord this ratio varied between 11 and 19. In the cord after desipramine (25 mg/kg, i.p.) plus 6-hydroxydopamine (6-HDA, 100 .mu.g intracisternally), there was a significant depletion of DM but not of NE. Conversely, after benztropine (25 mg/kg, i.p.) plus 6-HDA there was a significant depletion of NE but not of DM. Chlorpromazine (10 mg/kg, i.p.) or clozapine (25 mg/kg, i.p.) caused a significant increase in spinal cord HVA concentration 1 h after treatment. The increased HVA measured in the cord apparently did not originate in the brain. After electrolytic lesion of the locus coeruleus there was a significant reduction of NE but not of DM. Spinal cord DM and NE were depleted by reserpine in a dose-dependent manner, the threshold dose for DM depletion being less than that for NE depletion. Seven days after cord transection at T10 [thoracic-10th vertebrae] spinal cord DM was significantly reduced in the lumbar region. Dopaminergic neurons may exist in rat spinal cord independently of noradrenergic neurons, and the DM is likely to be present in the terminals of descending axons.