title: Environmental stress increases extracellular dopamine in striatum of 6-hydroxydopamine-treated rats: in vivo microdialysis studies.
abstract: Bilateral intraventricular injections of 6-hydroxydopamine depleted dopamine (DA) in striatal tissue of rats by 88%. Tail shock increased DA in striatal extracellular fluid of these rats from 10 to 17 pg/20 microliters as measured by microdialysis, values less than half those seen in normal striatum. The increase was observed even in rats that were akinetic. DA in extracellular fluid after stress was negatively correlated with behavioral performance. Thus, residual nigrostriatal DA neurons are responsive to stress but do not produce normal DA levels in striatal extracellular fluid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Keefe
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Stricker
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zigmond
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Abercrombie
mesh_terms: D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D004597:Electroshock; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000378:metabolism; D006719:Homovanillic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D006892:Hydroxydopamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D016627:Oxidopamine; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012016:Reference Values; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006892:Hydroxydopamines; D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid; D016627:Oxidopamine; D004298:Dopamine; D006719:Homovanillic Acid