MAGNESIUM SELECTIVELY INHIBITS N-METHYL-ASPARTIC ACID-INDUCED HYPERMOTILITY AFTER INTRA-ACCUMBENS INJECTION

被引:11
作者
DONZANTI, BA [1 ]
URETSKY, NJ [1 ]
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[1] OHIO STATE UNIV, COLL PHARM, DEPT PHARMACOL, COLUMBUS, OH 43210 USA
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10.1016/0091-3057(84)90249-1
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B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The excitatory amino acids, N-methyl-aspartic acid, kainic acid and quisqualic acid produce a marked increase in locomotor activity after bilateral injection into the rat nucleus accumbens. The intra-accumbens injection of Mg inhibited the hypermotility response produced by N-methyl-aspartic acid in a dose-dependent manner. Mg had no significant inhibitory effect on the increase in motility produced by either kainic acid or quisqualic acid. Ca produced a weak inhibitory action on N-methyl-aspartic acid-induced hypermotility. In the nucleus accumbens, at least 2 receptor types (N-methyl-aspartic acid Mg-sensitive and non-N-methyl-aspartic acid/Mg-insensitive receptors) are present which can mediate the stimulation of locomotor activity produced by excitatory amino acids.
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