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Effects of Local Infusions of Apomorphine on the Extracellular Citrulline Level in the Striatum: Involvement of D1 and D2 Dopamine Receptors

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Journal Neurosci Behav Physiol
Publisher Springer
Date 2006 Oct 7
PMID 17024340
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S A Savelev
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Abstract

Studies using vital microdialysis and high-performance liquid chromatography showed that local infusion of the NO synthase inhibitor N-nitro-L-arginine (1 mM) into the striatum decreased, while infusion of the dopamine receptor agonist apomorphine (100 microM) increased the level of citrulline (a side product of nitric oxide synthesis) in the intercellular space of this structure in Sprague-Dawley rats. The increase in the citrulline level induced by infusions of apomorphine was completely prevented by local infusions of N-nitro-L-arginine (1 mM) and raclopride (10 microm), a dopamine D2 receptor blocker, but not by infusion of SCH-23390 (50 microm), a dopamine D1 receptor blocker. These data suggest that the increase in extracellular citrulline in the striatum induced by dopaminergic stimulation results from local increases in NO synthase activity and that this effect involves D2, but not D1 dopamine receptors.

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