Abstract
The main goal of this study was to determine the amino acids (glutamate, aspartate, glutamine and tyrosine) levels in the rat striatum, after ethanol administration alone and/or associated with ketamine. In protocol 1 (Et+ketamine-1), ethanol was administered to male Wistar rats until the 7th day, and at the next day the group received only ketamine (25mg/kg, i.p.) up to the 14th day. In protocol 2 (Et+ketamine-2), ethanol was also administered up to the 7th day, and was associated with ketamine from the 8th up to the 14th day. In other groups, animals were treated daily with ethanol (4 g/kg, p.o.), for 7 or 14 days or ketamine daily for 7 days. Controls were administered with distilled water for 7 days. Results showed that, in protocol 1, aspartate (ASP) levels increased after ketamine administration, as compared to the controls. This effect was inhibited in the group Et+ketamine-1. Ethanol (7 days) increased glutamate (GLU) levels, as compared to control, and this effect did not differ significantly from that observed in the ketamine group. When ketamine was administered after the ethanol withdrawal (protocol 1), no alterations in those amino acid concentrations were seen, as compared to the control and ketamine groups. A ten...Continue Reading
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