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PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR
卷 66, 期 1, 页码 153-161出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(00)00230-6
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alcohol; dopamine; noradrenaline; 5-HT; chronic ethanol intake; ventral tegmental area
The effects of 3 weeks of chronic ethanol consumption in mice on brain concentrations and turnover of monamine transmitters was examined. The measurements were made at 24 h, 6 days and 2 months after cessation of the ethanol intake to examine changes that might be relevant to relapse drinking. Increases in noradrenaline and dopamine concentrations, and decreases in the ratios of dopamine metabolites to dopamine, were seen in ventral tegmental tissue at 24 h after alcohol consumption. Increased noradrenaline was also evident at the 6-day interval, but no other changes were seen at this time. At the 2-month interval, the ventral tegmentum from ethanol-treated animals showed decreases in metabolite/dopamine ratios. No changes were seen in 5-hydroxytryptamine or its metabolite. In striatal tissue, none of these changes were seen, but at 24 h decreases occurred in the content of dopamine and its metabolites and a decrease in 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid. The results indicate changes occur in monoamine turnover in the VTA as long as 2 months after cessation of chronic ethanol consumption; such changes may be related to the prolonged nature of alcohol dependence. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc.
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