title: Studies on the indirect feedback inhibition of cholinergic neurons triggered by oxotremorine in striatum.
abstract: Oxotremorine produced 30-75% increases in rat striatal acetylcholine content and 10-15% decreases in choline content at the subtremorogenic doses of 0.34-1.34 mumol/kg, without affecting choline acetyltransferase and acetylcholinesterase activities and the sodium-dependent high affinity uptake of choline. The increase in acetylcholine was blocked by atropine and by reserpine indicating that oxotremorine indirectly influences the intrinsic striatal cholinergic neurons through a monoamine-mediated negative feedback loop. Experiments designed to interfere with neurotransmitter function indicated that noradrenaline and not dopamine or serotonin, mediated the response to oxotremorine.
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002794:Choline / Q000378:metabolism; D002799:Cholinergic Fibers / Q000187:drug effects*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000187:drug effects*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D010095:Oxotremorine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin; D010095:Oxotremorine; D002794:Choline; D000109:Acetylcholine; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine