title: GABA(A) receptors in the nucleus accumbens core modulate turning behavior induced by dopamine receptor stimulation.
abstract: The role of GABA(A) and GABA(B) receptors in the core of the nucleus accumbens in turning behavior of rats was investigated. Unilateral injections into the core of the nucleus accumbens of the GABA(A) receptor agonist (muscimol, 50 ng) and antagonist (bicuculline, 200 ng), and the GABA(B) receptor agonist (baclofen, 100 ng) and antagonist (2-hydroxysaclofen, 2 microg) did not produce turning behavior. In rats pretreated with unilateral injections of the dopamine D1-like/D2-like receptor antagonist, cis(Z)-flupentixol (10 microg), into the ventrolateral striatum and saline into the nucleus accumbens core of contralateral side, systemic injection of a mixture of dopamine D1-like (SKF 38393, 3 mg/kg) and D2-like (quinpirole, 1 mg/kg) receptor agonists has been found to elicit contraversive pivoting, namely pivoting away from the side of the core injection. This dopamine D1-like/D2-like receptor-mediated pivoting was significantly inhibited by injections into the core of the nucleus accumbens of muscimol (50 ng), but not bicuculline (200 ng). In contrast, the dopamine D1-like/D2-like receptor-mediated pivoting was suppressed by either baclofen (100 ng) or 2-hydroxysaclofen (2 microg) injected into the nucleus accumbens core. It is therefore concluded that neither GABA(A) nor GABA(B) receptor stimulation in the core of the nucleus accumbens produces turning behavior, and that GABA(A), but not GABA(B), receptors in the nucleus accumbens core may modulate dopamine D1-like/D2-like receptor-mediated pivoting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-8310, Japan.
authors.forename: Gaku
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuzaki
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Shoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moribe
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koshikawa
mesh_terms: D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001418:Baclofen / Q000494:pharmacology; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018755:GABA Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018756:GABA Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D058785:GABA-A Receptor Agonists; D058787:GABA-A Receptor Antagonists; D058786:GABA-B Receptor Agonists; D058788:GABA-B Receptor Antagonists; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009118:Muscimol / Q000494:pharmacology; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D019257:Quinpirole / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000819:agonists / Q000502:physiology; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000819:agonists / Q000502:physiology; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000502:physiology*; D018080:Receptors, GABA-B / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D018755:GABA Agonists; D018756:GABA Antagonists; D058785:GABA-A Receptor Agonists; D058787:GABA-A Receptor Antagonists; D058786:GABA-B Receptor Agonists; D058788:GABA-B Receptor Antagonists; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D018080:Receptors, GABA-B; D019257:Quinpirole; D009118:Muscimol; D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine; D001418:Baclofen