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- Title
Amphetamine stimulates movement through thalamocortical glutamate release.
- Authors
Mabrouk, Omar S.; Semaan, Daniel Z.; Mikelman, Sarah; Gnegy, Margaret E.; Kennedy, Robert T.
- Abstract
The ventrolateral thalamus (VL) is a primary relay point between the basal ganglia and the primary motor cortex (M1). Using dual probe microdialysis and locomotor behavior monitoring, we investigated the contribution of VL input into M1 during amphetamine (AMPH)-stimulated monoamine release and hyperlocomotion in rats. Tetrodotoxin (10 μM) perfusion into the VL significantly lowered hyperactivity induced by AMPH (1 mg/kg i.p.). This behavioral response corresponded to reduced cortical glutamate and monoamine release. To determine which glutamate receptors the thalamocortical projections acted upon, we perfused either the α-amino-3-(3-hydroxy-5-methyl-isoxazol-4-yl)propanoic acid (AMPA)/kainate receptor antagonist 2,3-dihydroxy-6-nitro-7-sulfamoyl-benzo[f]quinoxaline-2,3-dione (NBQX) (10 μM) or the N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptor antagonist (MK-801) intracortically followed by systemic AMPH. The results show that AMPA/kainate, and to a lesser extent NMDA receptors, mediated the observed effects. As glutamate-monoamine interactions could possibly occur through local or circuit-based mechanisms, we isolated and perfused M1 tissue ex vivo to determine the extent of local glutamate-dopamine interactions. Taken together, these results demonstrate that AMPH generates hyperlocomotive states via thalamocortical signaling and that cortical AMPA receptors are an important mediator of these effects.
- Subjects
AMPHETAMINES; THALAMOCORTICAL system; GLUTAMIC acid; BASAL ganglia; MOTOR cortex; MICRODIALYSIS; LABORATORY rats
- Publication
Journal of Neurochemistry, 2014, Vol 128, Issue 1, p152
- ISSN
0022-3042
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jnc.12378