期刊
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 183, 期 4, 页码 404-412出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-0221-2
关键词
norepinephrine; 6-hydroxydopamine; delayed response; T-maze
资金
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [R01MH061616, P50MH045156] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIMH NIH HHS [MH45156, MH61616] Funding Source: Medline
The density of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive (TH-IR) axons in the prefrontal cortex of schizophrenic subjects may be reduced by as much as 50% in the deep cortical layers (Am J Psychiatry 156:1580-1589, 1999). Previously, we demonstrated that similar to 60% loss of TH-IR axons in the rat medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) decreases local basal and stress-evoked extracellular dopamine (DA) concentrations, suggesting that moderate loss of DA axons in the mPFC is sufficient to alter the neurochemical activity of the remaining DA neurons (Neuroscience 93:497-505, 1999). To further assess the functional consequences of partial mPFC DA depletion, we examined the effects of 6-hydroxydopamine lesions of the rat mPFC on behavior in a T-maze delayed-response task. We also assessed whether chronic administration of the norepinephrine (NE) uptake inhibitor, desipramine (DMI), attenuates lesion-induced deficits in T-maze performance. Previous research indicates that inhibition of NE transport in the mPFC results in a concomitant increase in extracellular DA and NE. Moderate loss of mPFC DA and NE (similar to 50 and 10% loss, respectively) was sufficient to impair delayed-response behavior, in part due to an increase in perseverative responding. Chronic DMI treatment (3 mg/kg delivered via osmotic pumps) impaired performance of control rats but attenuated the deficits in delayed-response behavior in rats previously sustaining loss of mPFC DA and NE (similar to 75 and 35% loss, respectively). These data suggest that moderate loss of DA and NE in the prefrontal cortex is sufficient to impair cognitive function, and these behavioral effects are attenuated by inhibition of the NE transporter.
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