title: Gender differences in spontaneous and MK-801-induced activity after striatal lesions.
abstract: At different times post-lesion, the excitotoxically lesioned striatum has been shown to undergo significant neuroanatomical and neurochemical changes, which could be expressed behaviorally. Gender and dose of excitotoxin are other variables that may modify the behavioral effects of the lesion. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of dose, gender, and time post-lesion on spontaneous and drug-induced locomotor behavior after intrastriatal KA lesions. Results showed that dose and time post-lesion had a significant effect on the deficits observed. Hyperactivity induced by the lesion with KA (5 nm) subsided as time post-lesion increased. Both the pattern of spontaneous and MK-801-induced locomotor activity were different for male and female rats. In female animals with KA lesions (5 nm), MK-801 did not stimulate ambulatory activity nor reduce vertical activity. Both female and male rats lesioned with KA (5 nm) showed an exaggerated response to amphetamine, at a time when spontaneous locomotor activity was reduced to control levels. Haloperidol significantly reduced locomotor activity in all groups.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Neurobiología, Campus UNAM, Juriquilla, Querétaro, Qro., Mexico. giordano@servidor.unam.mx
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Mejía-Viggiano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D017072:Neostriatum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012727:Sex Characteristics
chemical_list: D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D009498:Neurotoxins; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate; D007608:Kainic Acid