The hypomotility elicited by small doses of apomorphine seems exclusively mediated by dopaminergic systems in the nucleus accumbens |
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| Authors: | F S Radhakishun J M Van Ree |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina;2. Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina;3. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan;4. Gastroenterology Section, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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| Abstract: | The reduction of motor activity elicited in rats by a subcutaneous injection of a small dose of apomorphine was reversed by pretreatment of the nucleus accumbens with haloperidol (10 pg), sulpiride (10 pg) or desenkephalin-gamma-endorphin (DE gamma E) (100 pg or 10 ng). These doses of the compounds did not change motor activity in placebo-treated rats. Pretreatment of the nucleus caudatus with the same neuroleptics or DE gamma E did not diminish the effect of subcutaneously administered low doses of apomorphine. A small dose of apomorphine decreased motor activity when it was injected directly into the nucleus accumbens. This effect was dose dependently antagonized by subcutaneous pretreatment with DE gamma E. It is suggested that the hypoactivity elicited by small doses of apomorphine is exclusively mediated by dopaminergic systems in the nucleus accumbens. |
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