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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
The dopamine D3 receptor is expressed primarily in regions of the brain that are thought to influence motivation and motor functions. To specify in vivo D3 receptor function, we generated mutant mice lacking this receptor. Our analysis indicates that in a novel environment, D3 mutant mice are transiently more active than wild-type mice, an effect not associated with anxiety state. Moreover, D3 mutant mice exhibit enhanced behavioral sensitivity to combined injections of D1 and D2 class receptor agonists, cocaine and amphetamine. However, the combined electrophysiological effects of the same D1 and D2 agonists on single neurons within the nucleus accumbens were not altered by the D3 receptor mutation. We conclude that one function of the D3 receptor is to modulate behaviors by inhibiting the cooperative effects of postsynaptic D1 and other D2 class receptors at systems level.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0896-6273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
837-48
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Amphetamine, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Anxiety, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Chimera, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Cocaine, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Conditioning, Operant, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Crosses, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Cues, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Dopamine Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Habituation, Psychophysiologic, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Mice, Inbred DBA, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Motor Activity, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Nucleus Accumbens, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Receptors, Dopamine D1, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Receptors, Dopamine D2, pubmed-meshheading:9354330-Receptors, Dopamine D3
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Dopamine D3 receptor mutant mice exhibit increased behavioral sensitivity to concurrent stimulation of D1 and D2 receptors.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Learning and Memory and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02139, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't