title: Role of AMPA and NMDA receptors in the nucleus accumbens shell in turning behaviour of rats: interaction with dopamine receptors.
abstract: The role of AMPA and NMDA receptors in the shell of the nucleus accumbens in turning behaviour of rats was investigated. Unilateral injection of the AMPA receptor agonist, AMPA (0.25, 0.4, 0.5 and 1 microg), into the shell of the nucleus accumbens dose-dependently produced contraversive pivoting, namely tight head-to-tail turning marked by abnormal hindlimb backward stepping, while injection of AMPA (0.5 microg) into the core produced only a marginal effect. This shell-specific AMPA effect was dose-dependently inhibited by the AMPA receptor antagonist, NBQX (1 and 10 ng), which alone did not produce turning behaviour. The AMPA-induced pivoting was also dose-dependently inhibited by the non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist, MK-801 (0.1 and 0.5 microg). Neither MK-801 (0.1, 0.5 and 5 microg) nor the NMDA receptor agonist, NMDA (0.5 and 1 microg), injected unilaterally into the shell, produced turning behaviour. Unilateral injection of a mixture of dopamine D(1) (SKF 38393, 5 microg) and D(2) (quinpirole, 10 microg) receptor agonists into the shell has been found to elicit contraversive pivoting. The dopamine D(1)/D(2) receptor antagonist, cis-(Z)-flupentixol (1 and 10 microg), injected into the shell, in doses known to block dopamine D(1)/D(2) receptor-mediated pivoting, also significantly inhibited AMPA (0.5 microg)-induced pivoting. Moreover, both NBQX (1 and 10 ng) and MK-801 (0.1 and 0.5 microg), injected into the shell, significantly inhibited dopamine D(1)/D(2) receptor-mediated pivoting. It is therefore concluded that unilateral stimulation of AMPA receptors in the shell of the nucleus accumbens can elicit contraversive pivoting, and that both AMPA and dopamine D(1)/D(2) receptors play a critical role in shell-specific pivoting in contrast to NMDA receptors that at best play only a modulatory role.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8310, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Minowa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koshikawa
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Cools
mesh_terms: D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000494:pharmacology; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D005475:Flupenthixol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000494:pharmacology; D019257:Quinpirole / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D011810:Quinoxalines; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; C062865:2,3-dioxo-6-nitro-7-sulfamoylbenzo(f)quinoxaline; D019257:Quinpirole; C007761:flupenthixol decanoate; D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate; D005475:Flupenthixol