title: Multiple postsynaptic dopamine receptors and behavioral manifestation.
abstract: Previously we demonstrated the existence of non- and positive-cooperative dopamine receptors in rat striatum in [3H] apomorphine binding experiments. Non-cooperative sites were sensitive to the inhibition of sulpiride while cooperative sites were not. In the present study results dealing with the involvement of those two types of postsynaptic dopamine receptors in different behavior manifestations is shown employing lisuride hydrogen maleate (LHM). LHM elicited contralateral turnings in 6-hydroxydopamine lesioned rats unilaterally in the striatum whereas it caused ipsilateral turnings in kainic acid lesioned rats as was observed following the administration of apomorphine. Furthermore, the effect of LHM on rotating behavior was abolished by the pretreatment with sulpiride. On the other hand, LHM inhibited apomorphine induced stereotyped behavior whereas the sulpiride failed to block it. These results suggested the dual action of LHM on multiple postsynaptic dopamine receptors. The results also indicated that non-cooperative postsynaptic dopamine receptors are involved in rotating behavior while cooperative receptors participate in the elicitation of stereotypy.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001058:Apomorphine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D002069:Butaclamol / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D006892:Hydroxydopamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008090:Lisuride / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008784:Methysergide / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000502:physiology*; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D013469:Sulpiride / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D006892:Hydroxydopamines; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D013469:Sulpiride; D002069:Butaclamol; D008090:Lisuride; D001058:Apomorphine; D008784:Methysergide