NUCLEUS-ACCUMBENS NMDA ANTAGONIST DECREASES LOCOMOTOR-ACTIVITY PRODUCED BY COCAINE, HEROIN OR ACCUMBENS DOPAMINE, BUT NOT CAFFEINE

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作者
PULVIRENTI, L
SWERDLOW, NR
KOOB, GF
机构
[1] Scripps Res Inst, RES INST, DEPT NEUROPHARMACOL, 10666 N TORREY PINES RD, LA JOLLA, CA 92037 USA
[2] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO, DEPT PSYCHIAT, LA JOLLA, CA 92093 USA
关键词
NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; DOPAMINE; NMDA; COCAINE; HEROIN; LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY;
D O I
10.1016/0091-3057(91)90095-J
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Glutamatergic afferents to the nucleus accumbens (NAC) have been suggested to modulate psychostimulant-induced locomotor activation. The purpose of this study was 1) to determine the importance of nucleus accumbens N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptors in the control of psychostimulant-induced locomotion, 2) to determine whether NMDA receptor modulation of psychostimulant-induced locomotion occurs presynaptic to or postsynaptic to NAC dopamine terminals, and 3) to determine whether NMDA receptors also modulate opiate- and caffeine-induced locomotor activation. For this purpose, rats treated with cocaine (10 mg/kg IP), dopamine (20-mu-g directly into the NAC), heroin (0.5 mg/kg SC), or caffeine (10 mg/kg SC) were challenged with intra-NAC microinfusion of 2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (APV), a selective NMDA receptor antagonist. APV reduced locomotor activation induced by cocaine, heroin and intra-NAC dopamine, but not caffeine. These results suggest that NAC glutamate modulates psychomotor stimulation at the level of the NAC through an interaction with the integrated output of this region.
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