title: Dopamine depletion in either the dorsomedial or dorsolateral striatum impairs egocentric Cincinnati water maze performance while sparing allocentric Morris water maze learning.
abstract: Both egocentric route-based learning and spatial learning, as assessed by the Cincinnati water maze (CWM) and Morris water maze (MWM), respectively, are impaired following an 80% dopamine (DA) loss in the neostriatum after 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) administration in rats. The dorsolateral striatum (DLS) and the dorsomedial striatum (DMS) are implicated in different navigational learning types, namely the DLS is implicated in egocentric learning while the DMS is implicated in spatial learning. This experiment tested whether selective DA loss through 6-OHDA lesions in the DMS or DLS would impair one or both types of navigation. Both DLS and DMS DA loss significantly impaired route-based CWM learning, without affecting spatial or cued MWM performance. DLS 6-OHDA lesions produced a 75% DA loss in this region, with no changes in other monoamine levels in the DLS or DMS. DMS 6-OHDA lesions produced a 62% DA loss in this region, without affecting other monoamine levels in the DMS or DLS. The results indicate a role for DA in DLS and DMS regions in route-based egocentric but not spatial learning and memory. Spatial learning deficits may require more pervasive monoamine reductions within each region before deficits are exhibited. This is the first study to implicate DLS and DMS DA in route-based egocentric navigation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, United States.
authors.forename: Amanda A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, United States.
authors.forename: Robyn M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Amos-Kroohs
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, United States.
authors.forename: Arnold
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, United States.
authors.forename: Kerstin H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lundgren
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, United States.
authors.forename: Kim B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Seroogy
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, United States.
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Skelton
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, United States. Electronic address: Charles.Vorhees@cchmc.org.
authors.forename: Charles V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Vorhees
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, United States. Electronic address: Michael.Williams@cchmc.org.
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015306:Biogenic Monoamines / Q000032:analysis / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D004298:Dopamine / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D017072:Neostriatum / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D016627:Oxidopamine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D065854:Spatial Navigation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015306:Biogenic Monoamines; D016627:Oxidopamine; D004298:Dopamine
keywords: Allocentric; Dopamine; Dorsolateral striatum; Dorsomedial striatum; Egocentric