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Extracellular dopamine and norepinephrine in the developing rat prefrontal cortex: transient effects of early partial loss of dopamine.

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:Early developmental abnormalities affecting mesocortical dopamine (DA) neurons may result in later functional deficits that play a role in the emergence of psychiatric illness in adolescence/early adulthood. Little is known about the functional maturation of these neurons under either normal or abnormal conditions. In the present study, 6-hydroxydopamine was infused into the rat medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) on postnatal day (PN) 12-14. On PN30-35, 45-50, and 60-65, mPFC extracellular DA and norepinephrine (NE) concentrations were monitored in intact and lesioned rats using in vivo microdialysis. Extracellular DA and NE concentrations in the intact mPFC remain fairly stable across development; one exception being a trend for acute tailshock-evoked DA concentrations to increase as a function of age. Lesioned rats sustained a persistent (approximately 50%) decrease in mPFC tissue DA concentrations. Tailshock-evoked increases in mPFC extracellular DA were attenuated in lesioned rats tested on PN30-35, but not PN45-50 or 60-65. Basal and evoked extracellular NE was unaffected in lesioned rats tested at any age, despite a persistent (approximately 25%) decrease in tissue NE content. Horizontal locomotor activity was also assessed in the present study. Results of previous studies suggest this behavior is modulated by mesoprefrontal DA neurons. Although not significant, acute tailshock- and acute amphetamine-evoked horizontal locomotor activity tended to be attenuated in lesioned rats tested on PN30-35 and augmented in lesioned rats tested on PN60-65. The present data suggest that early partial loss of mesoprefrontal DA nerve terminals, resulting in a persistent decrease in tissue DA concentrations, is unlikely to result in persistent alterations in local DA release.

journal_name

Brain Res Bull

journal_title

Brain research bulletin

authors

Boyce PJ,Finlay JM

doi

10.1016/j.brainresbull.2009.01.012

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-04-29 00:00:00

pages

104-110

issue

eissn

0361-9230

issn

1873-2747

pii

S0361-9230(09)00058-6

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Extracellular dopamine and norepinephrine in the developing rat prefrontal cortex: transient effects of early partial loss of dopamine.