ISSN:
1432-1912
Keywords:
Dopamine neurones
;
Dopamine receptors
;
Acetylcholine neurones
;
Acetylcholine release
;
Rabbit caudate nucleus
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Slices of the caudate nucleus of rabbits were preincubated with 3H-choline and then superfused. Stimulation by electrical pulses at 3 Hz or by 25 mmol/l potassium elicited an increase in tritium outflow which was calcium-dependent and, in the case of electrical stimulation, tetrodotoxin-sensitive. The dopamine receptor agonist apomorphine (0.01–1 μmol/l) decreased, whereas the antagonist haloperidol increased the electrically evoked overflow of tritium. Nomifensine and cocaine, used at concentrations known to inhibit the re-uptake of dopamine, also reduced the evoked overflow of tritium, and this reduction was antagonized by haloperidol. Combined pretreatment with reserpine and α-methyltyrosine methylester (α-MT), which lowered dopamine levels by 99.5%, increased the electrically evoked overflow, as did bretylium which is shown here to block action potential-induced release of dopamine. The facilitation by haloperidol and bretylium as well as the inhibition by nomifensine and cocaine were diminished or abolished after pretreatment with reserpine plus α-MT. Apomorphine decreased, and haloperidol increased, the potassium-evoked overflow of tritium; the effects were not changed by tetrodotoxin. The results indicate that the striatal dopamine receptors which, when activated, depress the release of acetylcholine, are akin to the D-2 type. Endogenous dopamine also acts on the receptors as shown by several manipulations with known effects on dopaminergic transmission. A large fraction of these dopamine receptors may be located on the cholinergic axon terminals.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00499253
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