title: Serotonin transporter binding increases in caudate-putamen and nucleus accumbens after neonatal 6-hydroxydopamine lesions in rats: implications for motor hyperactivity.
abstract: We examined serotonin (5-HT) transporters in rat forebrain using quantitative autoradiography at three distinct developmental stages after neonatal 6-hydroxydopamine lesions. The lesions substantially increased 5-HT transporter binding in both caudate-putamen and nucleus accumbens, but not cerebral cortex. The effects reached maximal levels as early as postnatal day (PD) 24, and were sustained until early adulthood. Behavioral analyses indicated that neonatal lesions resulted in motor hyperactivity on PD 24, but not on PD 36 or 59. These findings suggest that excess 5-HT transporters reflect serotonin hyperinnervation reported to occur in lesioned rats, and may modulate motor hyperactivity.
authors.affiliation: Mailman Research Center, McLean Division of Massachusetts General Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA. kz@mclean.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Kehong
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Eugen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Davids
authors.forename: Frank I
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Tarazi
authors.forename: Ross J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Baldessarini
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D017072:Neostriatum / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016627:Oxidopamine; D017729:Presynaptic Terminals / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; C493232:Slc6a4 protein, rat; D012701:Serotonin; D016627:Oxidopamine