title: The contribution of NMDA receptors in the dorsolateral striatum to egocentric response learning.
abstract: The present study examined the effects of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) competitive antagonist, 2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (AP-5), injected into the dorsolateral striatum on the acquisition and reversal learning of a response discrimination. Male Long-Evans rats were tested across 2 consecutive days in a modified cross-maze. An infusion of either saline or AP-5 (5 or 25 nM) occurred 5 min prior to testing. In acquisition rats learned to turn left or right. In reversal learning rats learned to turn in the opposite direction. An AP-5 infusion at 25 nmol, but not 5 nmol, impaired response acquisition. Neither AP-5 dose impaired response reversal learning. The results suggest that NMDA receptors in the dorsolateral striatum are critical for the initial learning of an egocentric response discrimination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences and Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, US.
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Palencia
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ragozzino
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000502:physiology*; D012193:Reversal Learning / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014633:Valine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; C056639:2-amino-5-phosphopentanoic acid; D014633:Valine