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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-8-22
pubmed:abstractText
It has previously been shown that inescapable (IS) but not escapable (ES) stress potentiates the rewarding properties of morphine as measured by conditioned place preference and psychomotor activation, and that this potentiation may be mediated by dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) serotonin (5-HT) neurons. The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) has been implicated in both reward and stress, and is a projection region of the DRN. The mPFC also contains dopaminergic afferents from the ventral tegmental area, which has been the focus of many studies exploring both the rewarding properties of drugs and the aversive properties of stress. The role of the mPFC in stress/drug reactivity interactions is largely unknown. The present study used in vivo microdialysis to examine 5-HT and dopamine (DA) efflux in the mPFC of rats during IS, ES or no stress (NS). IS and ES rats received the stressor in yoked pairs. The stressor consisted of tailshocks that could be terminated for both rats by the ES rats. Large increases in 5-HT and DA levels were observed during IS but not ES or NS. DA and 5-HT efflux were also measured 24 h later in the same rats in response to morphine (3 mg/kg) or saline. Sustained increases in 5-HT levels were observed after morphine in rats that had previously received IS but not in rats that had received ES or NS. No changes in DA efflux were observed after morphine. Thus, 5-HT and DA in the mPFC may be involved in stressor controllability effects, and the sensitization of 5-HT neurons by IS extends to the mPFC and to morphine as a challenge.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0893-133X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1589-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-5-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Stressor controllability modulates stress-induced dopamine and serotonin efflux and morphine-induced serotonin efflux in the medial prefrontal cortex.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Center for Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0345, USA. blands@ucsu.colorado.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't