title: The effect of chronic methylphenidate administration on presynaptic dopaminergic parameters in a rat model for ADHD.
abstract: Dysregulations in monoaminergic systems have been implicated in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR) are used as an animal model for ADHD. Juvenile SHR rats exhibited low dopamine transporter (DAT) density, low vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) density and lower unstimulated dopamine (DA) release in comparison to their corresponding WKY controls. Chronic methylphenidate treatment of the young SHR rats was associated with lower DAT density and lower unstimulated basal dopamine release but with enhanced potassium- and amphetamine-induced dopamine release. These neurochemical alterations might be relevant to the pathophysiology and to the beneficial effect of methylphenidate in ADHD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Simchon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weizman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rehavi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008774:Methylphenidate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010879:Piperazines / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013747:Tetrabenazine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D050493:Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D010879:Piperazines; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D050493:Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins; D008774:Methylphenidate; C032811:dihydrotetrabenazine; C044630:1-(2 (diphenylmethoxy)ethyl)-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine; D004298:Dopamine; D013747:Tetrabenazine