title: Substantia nigra lesion suppresses the antagonistic effects of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist (MK-801) on the autotomy in the rat.
abstract: Rats received right dorsal root ganglionectomy (DRGn) to induce autotomy, and were treated with MK-801 and/or left substantia nigra (SN) lesion after DRGn. The behavior was quantified using an autotomy grading scale. All the rats in the control groups manifested autotomy from 4 to 19 days after DRGn and attained the highest autotomy score. The group treated with MK-801 immediately after DRGn showed suppression of the development of autotomy. The groups receiving left SN lesion with 6-hydroxydopamine immediately, 2, or 4 days after DRGn showed similar patterns of autotomy as the control groups. However, when combined with the administration of MK-801 immediately after DRGn, SN lesion done immediately or 2 days after DRGn suppressed the antagonistic effect of MK-801 (P < 0.01). When the SN lesion was delayed by 4 days, the suppression effect disappeared. These data suggest that the action of the NMDA receptor antagonist on the autotomy within 4 days after DRGn depend on the integrity of the dopaminergic system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei. tsh@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000502:physiology; D015171:Ganglionectomy; D016627:Oxidopamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate; D016627:Oxidopamine