title: The role of central dopaminergic systems in the behavioral effects of H-Phe-Ile-Tyr-His-Ser-Tyr-Lys-OH.
abstract: In the present study the role of the central dopaminergic systems in the behavioral action of H-Phe-Ile-Tyr-His-Ser-Tyr-Lys-OH was investigated. The heptapeptide inhibited the extinction of active avoidance behavior if the treatment was performed intracerebroventricularly (icv) in a dose of 1 microgram, but was ineffective in a dose of 0.1 micrograms. If the peptide was injected into the nucleus accumbens septi (NAS) in a dose of 1 microgram, 0.1 micrograms or 0.01 micrograms it inhibited the extinction, but in the latter dose its effect was only a short one. H-Phe-Ile-Tyr-His-Ser-Tyr-Lys-OH in a dose of 1 microgram, 10 micrograms or 20 micrograms (icv) did not influence the turning activity of unilateral substantia nigra (USN)-lesioned animals. These results suggest that the NAS plays an important role in the behavioral action of H-Phe-Ile-Tyr-His-Ser-Tyr-Lys-OH and the heptapeptide has no direct dopamine receptor stimulatory or dopamine-releasing effect in the striatum.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vécsei
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Telegdy
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bollók
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Schally
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology*; D005108:Extinction, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000187:drug effects; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012399:Rotation; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; C036810:H-phenylalanyl-isoleucyl-tyrosyl-histidyl-seryl-tyrosyl-lysine; D004298:Dopamine