Aspartate, glutamate and GABA levels in pallidum, substantia nigra, center median and dorsal raphe nuclei after cylindric lesion of caudate nucleus in cat |
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Authors: | K Taniyama C Nitsch A Wagner R Hassler |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Anatomy, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka 530 Japan;2. Department of Neurophysiology, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama Aichi 484 Japan |
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Abstract: | Aspartate, glutamate and GABA levels were determined in afferent and efferent projection nuclei of the striatum after unilateral cylindric lesion in the head of the caudate nucleus in cats. Two and four weeks after operation, GABA content was significantly reduced in substantia nigra and pallidum ipsilateral to the lesion. Glutamate (GLU) level was decreased in substantia nigra and pallidum only 4 weeks after lesion, whereas aspartate content in substantia nigra decreased significantly already after 2 weeks. No changes in the contents of these amino acids were detected in the dorsal raphe nucleus, which receives a projection from the caudate, as well as in the center median nucleus, which projects to the striatum. These experiments using longer survival times substantiate the role of GABA in caudato-pallidal and caudatonigral projections. The possibility is discussed that aspartate (ASP) could function as transmitter of cortico-nigral fibers. |
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Keywords: | Address for correspondence: Department of Anatomy Indiana University School of Medicine 1100 West Michigan Street Indianapolis IN 46223 U S A |
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