title: Regional effects of MK-801 on dopamine and its metabolites studied by in vivo microdialysis.
abstract: The non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist MK-801 was observed to have regionally specific effects on the extracellular concentration of dopamine and its metabolites. In rat anterior striatum, MK-801 transiently decreased extracellular dopamine, in spite of inducing intense circling behaviour which is generally associated with an increase in this neurotransmitter. In contrast, hippocampal extracellular dopamine was increased in a dose-related manner by MK-801. The possible significance of these data is discussed in relation to some of the known behavioural actions of MK-801.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, London, UK.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Whitton
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Biggs
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Pearce
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Fowler
mesh_terms: D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism; D003956:Dialysis / Q000379:methods; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000378:metabolism; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism; D006719:Homovanillic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate; D004298:Dopamine; D006719:Homovanillic Acid