title: Administration of either non-NMDA receptor agonists or NMDA receptor antagonists into the substantia nigra or the globus pallidus reduces the psychostimulant effect of high helium pressure on locomotor activity in rats.
abstract: Helium pressure of >2 MPa is a well known factor underlying pressure-dependent central neuroexcitatory disorders that include locomotor and motor activity (LMA) and myoclonia. We investigated the effects of bilateral injection in either the substantia nigra (SN) or the globus pallidus (GP) of the AMPA receptor agonist (+/-)AMPA, the kainate receptor agonist kainic acid, the NMDA receptor agonist (+/-)-cis-piperidine-2,3-dicarboxylic acid (PDA), and the NMDA receptor antagonist (+/-)-2-amino-7-phosphono-heptanoic acid (AP-7) in the occurrence of helium pressure-induced LMA and myoclonia. Administration of AMPA, kainate, or AP-7 in either the SN or the GP significantly reduced high helium pressure-induced LMA, whereas the NMDA receptor agonist showed no significant effect. Injection in the SN of the non-NMDA receptor agonist AMPA and the NMDA receptor agonist PDA increased the development of high helium pressure-induced myoclonia, whereas injection of the NMDA receptor antagonist AP-7 into the SN or the GP decreased it. This confirms that NMDA transmission in the SN and the GP would play a major role in the development of helium pressure-induced LMA; manipulation of AMPA and kainate systems may have therapeutic potential. The opposite effects of AMPA on LMA and myoclonia also confirm the neural substrates involved in the motor disorder produced by helium pressure differ substantially between LMA and myoclonia.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Neurochimie Fonctionnelle et de Neuropharmacologie, Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1, Faculté des Sciences, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kriem
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rostain
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Abraini
mesh_terms: D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000187:drug effects*; D006371:Helium / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007267:Injections; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects*; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology; D010875:Pipecolic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000187:drug effects*; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D010875:Pipecolic Acids; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D006371:Helium; C029262:2,3-piperidinedicarboxylic acid; D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid; C031231:2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoic acid; D007608:Kainic Acid