title: Effect of systemic ethanol on basal and stimulated glutamate releases in the nucleus accumbens of freely moving Sprague-Dawley rats: a microdialysis study.
abstract: This study was conducted to assess the impact of systemic ethanol (EOH) on the glutamatergic transmission in the nucleus accumbens (NACC). Extracellular concentrations of glutamate (GLU) in the NACC of freely moving Sprague-Dawley rats were monitored by intracerebral microdialysis. Intraperitoneal injection of EOH at a dose of 2 g/kg significantly decreased basal extracellular GLU by 21%. In addition, administration of the same dose of EOH significantly attenuated 150 mM K+-stimulated GLU release from the NACC by more than 50%. Since K+-stimulated GLU release has been demonstrated to derive largely from nerve terminal depolarization, reductions of K+-evoked GLU release may reflect in part the effect of EOH on the neurotransmitter pool. The present results suggest that EOH may suppress glutamatergic transmission in the NACC by lowering presynaptic GLU release.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical and Therapeutic Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria 61656, USA. qsy@uic.edu
authors.forename: Q S
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Reith
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Jobe
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D015314:Dialysis Solutions / Q000378:metabolism; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000378:metabolism; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D017551:Microdialysis; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010477:Perfusion; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013997:Time Factors; D014851:Wakefulness
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D015314:Dialysis Solutions; D000431:Ethanol; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D011188:Potassium