Involvement of D1 and D2 dopamine receptor in the retrieval processes in latent inhibition

Psychopharmacology
E DíazJ C López

Abstract

Contemporary theories propose that latent inhibition (LI) is due to a process of interference with the context playing a key role as recovery cue. Physiological studies have demonstrated that LI is a process dependent on striatal dopamine. D2 dopamine receptors have been specifically associated with its expression, while D1 receptor has shown a limited function. However, to evaluate the role of dopamine receptors in LI, it is necessary to analyse their activity during recovery phase, where the mechanisms involved in interference processes are performed. The experiments studied the involvement of the dopaminergic system in the retrieval process of LI. We analysed the effect of the systemic administration of dopaminergic D1 (SCH-23390) and D2 (sulpiride) antagonist during the test phase on LI and on its contextual specificity. Animals were pre-exposed to saccharin solution and conditioned with a LiCl administration in conditioning phase. Dopaminergic antagonist drugs were administered during the test phase. Experiment 2 used the same context in all the phases. Experiment 3 used a new context during conditioning and test phase. The D2 antagonist increased the LI effect and, in turn, diminished the normally suppressant effect of th...Continue Reading

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