Dopamine-glutamate interactions in the striatum: behaviourally relevant modification of excitotoxicity by dopamine receptor-mediated mechanisms

Neuroscience
S GarsideM F Mazurek

Abstract

The two most important afferent projections to the striatum contain glutamate and dopamine, respectively. Excitotoxic damage resulting from excessive stimulation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate subtype of glutamate receptor has been implicated in pathophysiology of ischaemic stroke, hypoglycaemic brain damage and Huntington's disease. We studied the ability of the dopamine system to modify the anatomical, neurochemical and behavioural consequences of glutamatergic toxicity in the striatum. In a first set of experiments, the specific N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor agonist quinolinate was injected unilaterally into the striatum of rats pretreated with one of (i) intraperitoneal (i.p.) saline (controls); (ii) i.p. haloperidol, a D2 dopamine receptor agonist; or (iii) 6-hydroxydopamine lesion of the ipsilateral nigrostriatal tract. Quinolinate-induced striatal damage, as assessed by morphometric and neurochemical criteria, was significantly attenuated in the animals with 6-hydroxydopamine lesions and in those pretreated with haloperidol, compared with saline-pretreated controls. There were no significant differences between the 6-OHDA and haloperidol groups. In a second set of experiments, animals received (i) bilateral intrastriatal qu...Continue Reading

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