LESIONS TO TERMINALS OF NORADRENERGIC LOCUS-COERULEUS NEURONS DO NOT INHIBIT OPIATE WITHDRAWAL BEHAVIOR IN RATS

被引：35
作者：
CHIENG, B
CHRISTIE, MJ
机构：
[1] Department of Pharmacology, University of Sydney, Sidney
来源：
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS | 1995年 / 186卷 / 01期
基金：
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词：
OPIATE WITHDRAWAL; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; LOCUS COERULEUS; NORADRENALINE; N-2-CHLOROETHYL-N-ETHYL-2-BROMOBENZYLAMINE;
D O I：
10.1016/0304-3940(95)11276-3
中图分类号：
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号：
071006 ;
摘要：
The involvement of neurones of the locus coeruleus (LC) in expression of opiate withdrawal behaviour was tested in morphine-dependent rats using N-2-chloroethyl-N-ethyl-2-bromobenzylamine (DSP4), a neurotoxin selective for noradrenergic terminals arising from LC. Lesions were validated by determination of cortical noradrenaline concentrations using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, inhibition of the post-decapitation hindpaw reflex and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase immunohistochemistry. Lesions did not inhibit the expression of any naloxone-precipitated withdrawal signs. These results suggest no involvement of noradrenergic LC neurones in expression of the overt signs of opiate withdrawal, and raise the possibility that previous microinjection and electrolytic lesion studies were confounded by effects on nearby brain regions.
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