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PLOS ONE
Volume 13, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205869
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- University of Otago Research Committee [9076]
- Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust [1954]
- University of Otago PhD Scholarship
- Jean Cathie Estate Senior Research Fellowship
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For over a century, it has been speculated that the vestibular system transmits information about self-motion to the striatum. There have been inconsistent reports of such a connection, and interest in the subject has been increased by the experimental use of galvanic vestibular stimulation in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease patients. Nonetheless, there are few data available on the effects of vestibular stimulation on neurochemical changes in the striatum. We used in vivo microdialysis to analyse changes in the extracellular levels of amino acids and monoamines in the rat striatum, following electrical vestibular stimulation. Stimulation caused a significant decrease in serine and threonine, compared to the no-stimulation controls (P <= 0.005 and P <= 0.01, respectively). The ratio of DOPAC:dopamine, decreased on the ipsilateral side following stimulation (P <= 0.005). There was a significant treatment x side x intensity interaction for taurine levels (P <= 0.002), due to a decrease on the contralateral side in stimulated animals, which varied as a function of current. These results show that peripheral vestibular stimulation causes some neurochemical changes in the striatum and support the view that activaton of the vestibular system exerts effects on the function of the striatum.
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