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PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 150, 期 4, 页码 391-398出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s002130000456
关键词
ventral pallidum; cocaine self-administration; dopamine; serotonin; GABA; glutamate
资金
- NIDA NIH HHS [DA 06634, DA 03628, DA 00114] Funding Source: Medline
Rationale: Dopamine innervation of the nucleus accumbens is thought to have a major role in the biological processes underlying cocaine self-administration. Recent data suggest that dopamine innervation of the ventral pallidum (VP) may also play an important role. Objectives: This experiment was initiated to assess extracellular fluid levels of dopamine (DA), serotonin (5-HT), gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), and glutamate (Glu) in the VP of rats self-administering cocaine using in vivo microdialysis. Methods: Rats were implanted with intravenous jugular catheters and a microdialysis probe guide cannula into the VP and trained to self-administer (SA) three different doses of cocaine during each daily session. Other rats (yoked rats) were surgically prepared in identical fashion and received vehicle infusions during microdialysis sessions when the SA rat to whom they were yoked produced cocaine infusions. When stable baselines of self-administration were obtained, microdialysates were collected during two consecutive daily self-administration sessions. Neurotransmitter levels were measured using HPLC with electrochemical (DA and 5-HT) or fluorescence detection (GABA and Glu). Results: In SA rats, extracellular fluid levels of DA [DA](e) and 5-HT [5-HT](e) were elevated throughout the session and levels of Glu [Glu](e) showed small increases at a few isolated time points during the session. The increases in [DA](e) and [5-HT](e) were dose-dependent. Extracellular fluid levels of GABA [GABA](e) were unchanged, as were levels of all four neurotransmitters in the yoked rats. Conclusions: These data support a potential role for DA and 5-HT innervations of the VP in intravenous cocaine self-administration.
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