INFLUENCE OF THE D-2 DOPAMINE RECEPTOR AGONIST QUINPIROLE ON THE ODOR DETECTION PERFORMANCE OF RATS BEFORE AND AFTER SPIPERONE ADMINISTRATION
INFLUENCE OF THE D-2 DOPAMINE RECEPTOR AGONIST QUINPIROLE ON THE ODOR DETECTION PERFORMANCE OF RATS BEFORE AND AFTER SPIPERONE ADMINISTRATION
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00451680
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发表时间:
1989-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
RISSER, JM
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作者:
DOTY, RL;RISSER, JM
The influence of five doses of the D-2 receptor agonist quinpirole (0.025, 0.05, 0.075, 0.10, and 0.20 mg/kg IP) on the odor detection performance of 21 adult male Long evans rats was assessed using high precision olfactometry and a go/no-go operant task. Additionally, ten rats were pre-treated with the D-2 receptor antagonist spiperone (0.62 mg/kg IP) and their performance monitored following quinpirole administration. Treatments were administered every third day in a counterbalanced order, with the quinpirole injections occurring 15 min before, and the spiperone injections 35 min before, the 260-trial test sessions. Quinpirole injection resulted in a dose-dependent decrease in odor detection performance, as measured by the percentage of correct trials and by the non-parametric signal detection sensitivity index SI. Prior treatment with spiperone eliminated these effects. Dose-related influences of quinpirole on (a) the average latency to initiate a detection response (i.e., the S+ response latency), (b) the total session duration and (c) the number of aborted trials were also eliminated or greatly attenuated by prior spiperone injection. These results suggest that D-2 receptors may be involved in the modulation of odor detection performance and related behaviors.