The effects of neonatal 6-hydroxydopamine treatment on the brain of control rats and of rats perinatally exposed to morphine were examined. Noradrenaline levels were increased in the pons-medulla, mesencephalon and caudate of 8-week-old control rats lesioned with neonatal 6-hydroxydopamine; perinatal morphine treatment prevented such an increase. In the caudate, there was a loss of dopamine and an increase of serotonin following the neurotoxic lesion; exposure to perinatal morphine prevented the serotonin increase. Brain expression of synapsin I mRNA was particularly abundant in cerebral cortex, hippocampus, dentate gyrus and olfactory bulb. In perinatal morphine-treated rats, the expression of synapsin I mRNA was significantly reduced; interestingly, the neonatal treatment with 6-hydroxydopamine normalized its expression. Therefore, brain-reactive neurochemical changes triggered by 6-hydroxydopamine were suppressed by perinatal morphine exposure whereas the association of morphine exposure and 6-hydroxydopamine lesion promoted the normal mRNA expression of the synaptic marker synapsin I.
Perinatal exposure to morphine: Reactive changes in the brain after 6-hydroxydopamine / A. Gorio, L. Vergani, M. Malosio, E. Lesma, A. Di Giulio. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 0014-2999. - 303:1-2(1996), pp. 21-26.
Titolo: | Perinatal exposure to morphine: Reactive changes in the brain after 6-hydroxydopamine |
Autori: | GORIO, ALFREDO (Primo) LESMA, ELENA ANNA (Penultimo) DI GIULIO, ANNA MARIA (Ultimo) |
Parole Chiave: | Neuronal plasticity; Opiate receptor; Pruning effect; Synapsin I |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore BIO/14 - Farmacologia |
Data di pubblicazione: | 1996 |
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Tipologia: | Article (author) |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0014-2999(96)00054-4 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su periodico |