Abstract
Norepinephrine has been hypothesized as a trophic factor influencing postnatal development of the cerebellum. In the current study, neonatal rats were given 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) to destroy noradrenergic projections and the effects on the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC)/polyamine system were evaluated; ODC initiates the synthesis of polyamines, which are known to control cellular development in the cerebellum, and neonatal ODC activity is regulated in part by beta 2-adrenergic receptors. Intracisternal administration of 6-OHDA resulted in complete and permanent depletion of cerebellar norepinephrine and a deficit in ODC, polyamine levels and cerebellar growth. Subcutaneous administration of 6-OHDA, which caused only a small initial reduction in cerebellar norepinephrine, did not affect ODC and had only minor effects on tissue growth. Indeed, levels of the polyamines tended to be elevated after subcutaneous 6-OHDA, associated with postweaning elevations in norepinephrine, results which are probably indicative of axonal regeneration. In contrast to the effects of 6-OHDA on cerebellar development, neither the intracisternal nor subcutaneous drug treatment had any effect on cerebral cortical polyamines or growth, although the in...Continue Reading
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