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- Title
Neonatal (+ )-methamphetamine exposure in rats alters adult locomotor responses to dopamine D<sub>1</sub> and D<sub>2</sub> agonists and to a glutamate NMDA receptor antagonist, but not to serotonin agonists.
- Authors
Graham, Devon L.; Amos-Kroohs, Robyn M.; Braun, Amanda A.; Grace, Curtis E.; Schaefer, Tori L.; Skelton, Matthew R.; Williams, Michael T.; Vorhees, Charles V.
- Abstract
Neonatal exposure to (+ )-methamphetamine (Meth) results in long-term behavioural abnormalities but its developmental mechanisms are unknown. In a series of experiments, rats were treated from post-natal days (PD) 11-20 (stage that approximates human development from the second to third trimester) with Meth or saline and assessed using locomotor activity as the readout following pharmacological challenge doses with dopamine, serotonin and glutamate agonists or antagonists during adulthood. Exposure to Meth early in life resulted in an exaggerated adult locomotor hyperactivity response to the dopamine D1 agonist SKF-82958 at multiple doses, a high dose only under-response activating effect of the D2 agonist quinpirole, and an exaggerated under-response to the activating effect of the N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptor antagonist, MK-801. No change in locomotor response was seen following challenge with the 5-HT releaser p-chloroamphetamine or the 5-HT2/3 receptor agonist, quipazine. These are the first data to show that PD 11-20 Meth exposure induces long-lasting alterations to dopamine D1, D2 and glutamate NMDA receptor function and may suggest how developmental Meth exposure leads to many of its long-term adverse effects.
- Subjects
METHAMPHETAMINE; LABORATORY rats; MUSCULOSKELETAL system; DOPAMINE agonists; EXCITATORY amino acid antagonists; METHYL aspartate receptors; NEWBORN infants; DRUG dosage
- Publication
International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2013, Vol 16, Issue 2, p377
- ISSN
1461-1457
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1461145712000144