title: Chronic treatment with MK-801 affects the behavioral response to both D1 and D2 dopamine agonist in the one-trial inhibitory avoidance.
abstract: Post-training administration of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonists CPP (0.5 and 1.0 mg/kg) and MK-801 (0.25 and 0.5 mg/kg) impaired, in a dose dependent fashion, the one-trial inhibitory avoidance response in NMRI mice. The D1 dopamine (DA) agonist SKF 38393 (10 and 20 mg/kg) and the D2 agonist quinpirole (0.5 and 1.0 mg/kg) instead facilitate the response in the same behavioral paradigm. Sub-chronic blockade of NMDA receptors with MK-801 (0.25 mg/kg once a day for 14 days) did not change the response to both competitive (CPP) and non-competitive (MK-801) NMDA antagonists. The same chronic treatment with MK-801 induced an increased response to both SKF 38393 and quinpirole. These data suggest that repeated administration of MK-801 induce an upregulation of both D1 and D2 DA receptors without affecting NMDA receptors.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Università di Roma I, La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mele
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castellano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oliverio
mesh_terms: D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004873:Ergolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D019257:Quinpirole; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000819:agonists; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000819:agonists
chemical_list: D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D004873:Ergolines; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D019257:Quinpirole; D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate