BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION INDUCED IN THE RAT BY SUBSTANCE-P INFUSION INTO VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA - IMPLICATION OF DOPAMINERGIC A10 NEURONS

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作者
KELLEY, AE [1 ]
STINUS, L [1 ]
IVERSEN, SD [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BORDEAUX 2, PSYCHOPHYSIOL LAB, F-33067 BORDEAUX, FRANCE
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
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10.1016/0304-3940(79)90018-1
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
The functional role of the putative transmitter substance P (SP) was studied using a behavioural approach. SP infusion into the ventral tegmental area in awake rats elicited an increase in locomotor activity which could be blocked by either infusion of a neuroleptic into the nucleus accumbens septi (NAS) or by 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesions of the ascending dopaminergic A10 neurones. Our results suggest that SP induces its behavioral effects through activation of dopaminergic A10 neurones, and imply that endogenous SP may have an important modulatory role. © 1979.
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