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5-HT2A and 5-HT2C/2B Receptor Subtypes Modulate Dopamine Release Induced in Vivo by Amphetamine and Morphine in Both the Rat Nucleus Accumbens and Striatum
- Source :
- Neuropsychopharmacology. 26:311-324
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2002.
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Abstract
- In vivo microdialysis and single-cell extracellular recordings were used to assess the involvement of serotonin(2A) (5-HT(2A)) and serotonin(2C/2B) (5-HT(2C/2B)) receptors in the effects induced by amphetamine and morphine on dopaminergic (DA) activity within the mesoaccumbal and nigrostriatal pathways. The increase in DA release induced by amphetamine (2 mg/kg i.p.) in the nucleus accumbens and striatum was significantly reduced by the selective 5-HT(2A) antagonist SR 46349B (0.5 mg/kg s.c.), but not affected by the 5-HT(2C/2B) antagonist SB 206553 (5 mg/kg i.p.). In contrast, the enhancement of accumbal and striatal DA output induced by morphine (2.5 mg/kg s.c.), while insensitive to SR 46349B, was significantly increased by SB 206553. Furthermore, morphine (0.1-10 mg/kg i.v.)-induced increase in DA neuron firing rate in both the ventral tegmental area and the substantia nigra pars compacta was unaffected by SR 46349B (0.1 mg/kg i.v.) but significantly potentiated by SB 206553 (0.1 mg/kg i.v.). These results show that 5-HT(2A) and 5-HT(2C) receptors regulate specifically the activation of midbrain DA neurons induced by amphetamine and morphine, respectively. This differential contribution may be related to the specific mechanism of action of the drug considered and to the neuronal circuitry involved in their effect on DA neurons. Furthermore, these results suggest that 5-HT(2C) receptors selectively modulate the impulse flow-dependent release of DA.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Dopamine
Injections, Subcutaneous
Substantia nigra
Striatum
Nucleus accumbens
Nucleus Accumbens
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors
Internal medicine
Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2B
Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C
medicine
Animals
Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A
Amphetamine
Pharmacology
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Morphine
Chemistry
Pars compacta
Dopaminergic
Corpus Striatum
Rats
Analgesics, Opioid
Ventral tegmental area
Psychiatry and Mental health
medicine.anatomical_structure
Endocrinology
Receptors, Serotonin
Serotonin Antagonists
Injections, Intraperitoneal
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0893133X
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Neuropsychopharmacology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....669b9daced10ea9d083035da4d3b0546