title: D1 dopamine and NMDA receptors interactions in the medial prefrontal cortex: modulation of spatial working memory in rats.
abstract: Dopamine (DA) and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors seem to be critically involved in working memory processing in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Effects of NMDA receptors blockade on dopamine D1 receptors activation in the mPFC on spatial working memory was investigated. Adult male Wistar rats, well trained in an eight-arm radial maze and bilaterally cannulated in the mPFC, received intracortical administrations of saline (SAL) or SKF-38393 (DA D1 receptor agonist) followed, 10 min later, by MK-801 (non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist). They were tested in 1 h delayed tasks after 5 min of the second administration. SKF-38393 (0.56 and 1.8 microg) was disruptive to working memory, increasing significantly the number of errors in the 1 h post-delay performance when administered into the mPFC. MK-801, at doses with no significant effects alone (0.32 or 1.0 microg), reduced significantly the disruptive effect of 0.56 microg SKF-38393. These results showed that the disruptive effect of DA D(1) receptors activation in the mPFC on working memory was significantly reduced by an open-channel NMDA receptor blockade, suggesting that the processing of working memory in the mPFC involving DA D1 receptors depend, at least in part, of NMDA receptors activity in this cortical area.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Marechal Campos, 1468, B. Maruípe, 29042-755 Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Saavedra José
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Rios Valentim
authors.forename: Aline Vidal Lacerda
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Gontijo
authors.forename: Mariana Dadalto
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Peres
authors.forename: Lívia Carla de Melo
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Ester Miyuki
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Nakamura-Palacios
mesh_terms: D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002404:Catheterization; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000819:agonists / Q000378:metabolism*; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate