title: Sex- and estrous cycle-related differences in the effects of acute antipsychotic drug administration on neurotensin-containing neurons in the rat brain.
abstract: The effects of a single injection of haloperidol (2.0 mg/kg), a typical antipsychotic drug, on neurotensin (NT) concentrations and NT/neuromedin N (NT/NN) mRNA expression in adult female and male rats were examined. There were significant estrous cycle stage-related differences in both NT concentrations and NT/NN mRNA expression in female control rats. Although acute administration of haloperidol increased NT concentrations and NT/NN mRNA expression in the caudate/putamen and nucleus accumbens of both male and female rats, haloperidol did not increase NT/NN mRNA expression during diestrus 2 or NT concentrations during proestrus in the nucleus accumbens of female rats. These results indicate the presence of both sex- and estrous cycle-related differences in the regulation of NT-containing neurons and in the effects of antipsychotic drug administration on the NT system of the rat brain.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Neuropsychopharmacology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kinkead
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lorch
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Owens
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Nemeroff
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D004971:Estrus; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009496:Neurotensin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012727:Sex Characteristics
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C042090:neuromedin N; D009496:Neurotensin