DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC ETHANOL ON DOPAMINE METABOLISM IN FRONTAL-CORTEX, CAUDATE-NUCLEUS AND SUBSTANTIA-NIGRA
DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC ETHANOL ON DOPAMINE METABOLISM IN FRONTAL-CORTEX, CAUDATE-NUCLEUS AND SUBSTANTIA-NIGRA
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DOI:
10.1016/0024-3205(80)90108-3
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
GESSA, GL
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FADDA, F;ARGIOLAS, A;GESSA, GL
Acute oral administration of ethanol (3.2 g/kg) to normal rats increased dopac [3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid] levels and dopa formation in the caudate nucleus, but had no effect in the substantia nigra and frontal cortex, and failed to modify dopamine (DA) levels in any of the above brain areas. Complete tolerance to the stimulant effect on dopa formation developed after chronic ethanol administration (3.2 g daily for 60 days). In chronically treated rats, 24 h after ethanol withdrawal, DA levels in the frontal cortex were 60% higher than in controls, and were unchanged in the substantia nigra and caudate nucleus, as were dopac levels in all areas studied. The administration of ethanol caused a long lasting depletion of DA and a parallel increase of dopac levels in all areas analyzed. Acute and chronic ethanol release DA stores but, in the acute condition, DA depletion is prevented by increased synthesis.