Intravenous administration of l-stepholidine (SPD), a dopamine (DA) receptor antagonist, in-creased the firing rate of DA neurons located in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and substantia nigra pars compacta (SNC) in...Intravenous administration of l-stepholidine (SPD), a dopamine (DA) receptor antagonist, in-creased the firing rate of DA neurons located in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and substantia nigra pars compacta (SNC) in both anaesthetized and paralyzed rats. However, with the increase of dose, SPD selectively inhibited the fir-ing activity of DA neurons in the VTA but not in the SNC. The inhibition was reversed by the DA agonist apomor-phine (APO), suggesting that it may be via the mechanism of depolarization inactivation (DI). In rats, chronic admin-istration of SPD for 21 d dose-dependently decreased the number of spontaneously active DA neurons in the VTA, of which effect was reversed by APO (i. v. ). In contrast, the same treatment failed to affect the population of DA neu-rons in the SNC. Similarly, the acute treatment of SPD also decreased the number of spontaneously firing DA neurons in the VTA, but not in the SNC. SPD per se only induced very weak catalepsy. Its catalepsy which was not in展开更多
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文摘Intravenous administration of l-stepholidine (SPD), a dopamine (DA) receptor antagonist, in-creased the firing rate of DA neurons located in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and substantia nigra pars compacta (SNC) in both anaesthetized and paralyzed rats. However, with the increase of dose, SPD selectively inhibited the fir-ing activity of DA neurons in the VTA but not in the SNC. The inhibition was reversed by the DA agonist apomor-phine (APO), suggesting that it may be via the mechanism of depolarization inactivation (DI). In rats, chronic admin-istration of SPD for 21 d dose-dependently decreased the number of spontaneously active DA neurons in the VTA, of which effect was reversed by APO (i. v. ). In contrast, the same treatment failed to affect the population of DA neu-rons in the SNC. Similarly, the acute treatment of SPD also decreased the number of spontaneously firing DA neurons in the VTA, but not in the SNC. SPD per se only induced very weak catalepsy. Its catalepsy which was not in
