title: The effect of neuropeptide Y on striatal catecholamines.
abstract: Neuropeptide Y and peptide YY were injected into rat striatum and their effects on dopamine, serotonin and their metabolites were examined at 1 h. Neuropeptide Y induced a dose-dependent increase in dopamine turnover in the ipsilateral striatum with no effect on serotonin turnover. When neuropeptide Y was coinjected with somatostatin there was an additive effect in increasing dopamine turnover. There was no alteration in striatal concentrations of gamma-aminobutyric acid, glutamate, or aspartate with either neuropeptide Y or somatostatin injections. These results suggest that neuropeptide Y may play a role with somatostatin in regulating striatal dopaminergic transmission.
mesh_terms: D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D006719:Homovanillic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000502:physiology*; D019894:Peptide YY; D010455:Peptides / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D010455:Peptides; D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid; D019894:Peptide YY; D012701:Serotonin; D013004:Somatostatin; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D004298:Dopamine; D006719:Homovanillic Acid