title: MK-801 induces c-fos protein in thalamic and neocortical neurons of rat brain.
abstract: MK-801, a non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, leads to a dramatic induction of c-fos-like protein in neurons in deep layers of the neocortex, in dorsal and ventral midline thalamic nuclei and in neurons in the central grey of rat brain. This induction of c-fos by MK-801 is dose-and time-dependent occurring within 2 h and dissipating by 24 h after injection (0.5-8.0 mg/kg, i.p.). The mechanism of this paradoxical induction of c-fos by MK-801 is unclear; however, the pattern of induction appears to follow the distribution of the antagonist-preferring NMDA receptor site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dragunow
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Faull
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D003986:Dibenzocycloheptenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013787:Thalamic Nuclei / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003986:Dibenzocycloheptenes; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate