Abstract
Kindled seizures developed in rats following repeated electrical stimulation of the left CA1 region of the hippocampus. Two weeks after the final kindled seizure, the densities of dopamine (DA) D2 receptors were assayed in the left and right amygdaloid area, nucleus accumbens, and nucleus caudatus. A significant increase (107%) in the density of DA D2-receptors in the ipsilateral nucleus accumbens occurred. This finding may help to define the long-term neurochemical consequences of kindling.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 357-360 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Brain research |
Volume | 449 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 24 1988 |
Funding
This work was supportedb y a grant from the National Instituteo f Mental Health, MH-30854,t o the Men'al Health Clinical ResearchC enterat Stanford I_J..~versity( MHCRC), a grant from the Research Service of the Veterans Administrationt o the SchizophreniBai ologicR esearchC enter(SBRC) at the Palo Alto VeteransA dmimstratioMne dtcalC enter, and a grant from the John D. and CatherineT . MacArthur Foundationto the StanfordN ode of the MacArthur Network on the Psychobiologoyf Depression.T he authors thank Pamela J. Elliott for manuscripptr eparatioann de ditoriaal dvice.
Keywords
- -D
- Dopamine receptor
- Kindling
- Nucleus accumbens
- Receptor
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Molecular Biology
- General Neuroscience
- Developmental Biology