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Amphetamine induces excess release of striatal acetylcholine in vivo that is independent of nigrostriatal dopamine

Mandel, R J ; Leanza, G LU ; Nilsson, O G LU and Rosengren, E LU (1994) In Brain Research 653(1-2). p.57-65
Abstract

The effect of amphetamine on striatal acetylcholine (ACh) release was studied by an in vivo intrastriatal microdialysis technique. Although we expected systemic amphetamine to inhibit baseline striatal ACh release, the opposite was found. In addition, we found that the amphetamine-induced striatal ACh release did not depend on nigrostriatal DA since 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesions had no effect on amphetamine-induced ACh release. Local intrastriatal injection of amphetamine via the microdialysis probe had no effect on striatal ACh release even when the probe was located more laterally in striatum to take advantage of the medial to lateral gradient of striatal ACh and D2 receptors. The hypothesis that amphetamine increased... (More)

The effect of amphetamine on striatal acetylcholine (ACh) release was studied by an in vivo intrastriatal microdialysis technique. Although we expected systemic amphetamine to inhibit baseline striatal ACh release, the opposite was found. In addition, we found that the amphetamine-induced striatal ACh release did not depend on nigrostriatal DA since 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesions had no effect on amphetamine-induced ACh release. Local intrastriatal injection of amphetamine via the microdialysis probe had no effect on striatal ACh release even when the probe was located more laterally in striatum to take advantage of the medial to lateral gradient of striatal ACh and D2 receptors. The hypothesis that amphetamine increased extracellular striatal ACh by increasing the release of biogenic amines besides dopamine was tested by pharmacological manipulations designed to specifically increase local striatal norepinephrine or serotonin levels. The serotonergic and noradrenergic manipulations had no effect on striatal ACh levels. These results indicate that amphetamine-induced release of ACh in striatum is mediated via distal brain regions that are functionally connected with the striatum.

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Acetylcholine/metabolism, Amphetamine/pharmacology, Animals, Corpus Striatum/cytology, Dopamine/metabolism, Female, Microdialysis, Neurons/metabolism, Norepinephrine/physiology, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Serotonin/physiology, Substantia Nigra/metabolism, Tetrodotoxin/pharmacology
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Brain Research
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653
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Elsevier
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0006-8993
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10.1016/0006-8993(94)90372-7
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  title        = {{Amphetamine induces excess release of striatal acetylcholine in vivo that is independent of nigrostriatal dopamine}},
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  doi          = {{10.1016/0006-8993(94)90372-7}},
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