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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6-7
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
In vitro studies suggest that alpha7 nicotinic receptors located on striatal glutamatergic terminals stimulate the release of glutamate which in turn acts at ionotropic glutamate receptors on dopaminergic terminals to increase dopamine release. However, this mechanism has never been observed in in vivo studies. In the present work, the effect of the nicotinic receptors agonist, anatoxin-a, on striatal glutamate and dopamine release has been studied. Using in vivo microdialysis technique, our results have shown that anatoxin-a evokes glutamate release in a dependent way of activation alpha7 nicotinic receptors. The increase of glutamate is followed by an increase on dopamine levels. These results represent a clear in vivo evidence of the striatal modulation of dopamine by means of glutamate release through alpha7 nicotinic receptors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aconitine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dicarboxylic Acids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dihydro-beta-Erythroidine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutamic Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nicotinic Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pyrrolidines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Nicotinic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Taurine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tropanes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/anatoxin a, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/methyllycaconitine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/pyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1872-9754
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
850-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Aconitine, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Anabaena, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Corpus Striatum, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Dicarboxylic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Dihydro-beta-Erythroidine, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Dopamine, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Glutamic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Microdialysis, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Nicotinic Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Pyrrolidines, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Receptors, Nicotinic, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Taurine, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-Tropanes, pubmed-meshheading:20347906-gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
pubmed:articleTitle
In vivo modulation of alpha7 nicotinic receptors on striatal glutamate release induced by anatoxin-A.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Functional Biology and Health Sciences, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain. fcampos@uvigo.es
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't