TONIC INHIBITION OF STRIATAL DOPAMINE TRANSMISSION - EFFECTS OF BENZODIAZEPINE AND GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS ON EXTRACELLULAR DOPAMINE LEVELS
TONIC INHIBITION OF STRIATAL DOPAMINE TRANSMISSION - EFFECTS OF BENZODIAZEPINE AND GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS ON EXTRACELLULAR DOPAMINE LEVELS
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(92)90851-y
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发表时间:
1992-12-18
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
MOGHADDAM, B
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作者:
GRUEN, RJ;FRIEDHOFF, AJ;MOGHADDAM, B
At present, it is unclear whether ligands which bind at the benzodiazepine/GABA receptor complex play a tonic modulatory role with regard to striatal dopamine (DA) transmission. The present study was designed to examine the effects of Ro15-1788, a benzodiazepine (BZ) receptor antagonist, and SR 95531, a GABA(A) receptor antagonist, on striatal extracellular DA (DA[e]) concentrations in anesthetized and awake rats using the technique of in vivo microdialysis. Local administration of Ro15-1788 resulted in a dose-dependent increase in DA[c] in both anesthetized and awake animals. The Ro15-1788-induced increase in DA[e] was blocked by coadministration of the BZ agonist diazepam, as well as GABA. Local administration of SR 95531 also resulted in a dose-dependent alteration in striatal DA levels in both anesthetized and awake animals. The SR 95531-induced increase in DA was blocked by coadministration of GABA. The results suggest that GABA may play a tonic inhibitory role with regard to striatal DA transmission.