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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-8-6
pubmed:abstractText
Epibatidine (exo-2-(6-chloro-3-pyridyl)-7-azabicyclo-[2.2.1]heptane), an extract of frog skin, is a novel and highly potent agonist for the nicotinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptor. The present study was undertaken to examine the expression of Fos protein in several rat brain regions following an acute administration of epibatidine. Furthermore, we also studied the role of the dopamine D1 and D2 receptors and the N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor, and nicotinic ACh receptor in the expression of Fos protein by epibatidine. A single administration of epibatidine (5, 10, 50 microgram/kg) caused a marked induction of Fos-immunoreactivity in the prefrontal cortex, medial striatum, nucleus accumbens, amygdala and superior colliculus of rat brain. In these regions, pretreatment with SCH 23390 (1.0 mg/kg), a dopamine D1 receptor antagonist, MK-801 (1.0 mg/kg), a NMDA receptor antagonist, and mecamylamine (5. 0 mg/kg), a nicotinic Ach receptor antagonist, inhibited the induction of Fos protein by epibatidine (10 microgram/kg). Pretreatment with sulpiride, a dopamine D2 receptor antagonist, blocked the induction of Fos protein in the prefrontal cortex and the core region of accumbens nucleus, but not in the medial striatum and the shell division of nucleus accumbens of rat brain. These results suggest that epibatidine induced the expression of Fos protein in several regions of rat brain, and that dopamine D1 receptor, NMDA receptor, and nicotinic ACh receptor may play a role in the expression of Fos protein by epibatidine in rat brain. Furthermore, dopamine D2 receptor may, in part, play a role in epibatidine induced expression of Fos protein in the prefrontal cortex and the core region of nucleus accumbens, but not in the medial striatum and the shell division of nucleus accumbens of rat brain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Benzazepines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dizocilpine Maleate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dopamine Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mecamylamine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nicotinic Agonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nicotinic Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pyridines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Dopamine D1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Dopamine D2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Nicotinic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sulpiride, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/epibatidine
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
797
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
135-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Benzazepines, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Brain Chemistry, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Dizocilpine Maleate, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Dopamine Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Mecamylamine, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Nicotinic Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Nicotinic Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Pyridines, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Receptors, Dopamine D1, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Receptors, Dopamine D2, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Receptors, Nicotinic, pubmed-meshheading:9630573-Sulpiride
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of fos protein in rat brain following administration of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist epibatidine.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cortical Function Disorder, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi, Kodaira, Tokyo, 187-8502, Japan. watanabe@ncnaxp.ncnp. go.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't