The action of prolyl-leucyl-glycinamide (PLG) on the nigrostriatal pathway of the rat
In order to study the nigrostriatal pathway, we obtained the rotatory behavior model in male Wistar rats by electrolytic lesion of the left lateral hypothalamic region. Animals thus lesioned displayed rotations toward the same side of lesion when apomorphine was administered, a result in disagreement with what has been obtained in the model with 6-hydroxydopamine lesion. The administration of PLG alone was not followed by rotatory behavior but when the compound was administered in low doses (0.25 to 1mg/kg) simultaneously with apomorphine to animals previously submitted to REM sleep deprivation, a significant increase in the number of rotations was observed in comparison with controls and groups receiving higher doses of PLG. These results indicate that PLG may act as, a modulator on dopamine receptors in the striatum.
Main Authors: | Pereira,João S., Andrade,Luiz Augusto F., Bertolucci,Paulo H. F., Lima,J. Geraldo Camargo, Ferraz,Henrique B. |
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO
1990
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1990000200002 |
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