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Involvement of the medial geniculate body in prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle.
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- Zhang, Jianhua, 1961 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för fysiologi och farmakologi,Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology
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- Engel, Jörgen, 1942 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för fysiologi och farmakologi, Avdelningen för farmakologi,Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Dept of Pharmacology
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- Ericson, Mia, 1970 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för fysiologi och farmakologi, Avdelningen för farmakologi,Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Dept of Pharmacology
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- Svensson, Lennart, 1952 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för fysiologi och farmakologi, Avdelningen för farmakologi,Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Dept of Pharmacology
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- 1999
- 1999
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Psychopharmacology. - 0033-3158. ; 141:2, s. 189-96
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Abstract
Ämnesord
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- Prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle is the normal reduction in startle response to an intense auditory stimulus when this stimulus is immediately preceded by a weaker prestimulus. Previous studies have shown that several neuroanatomical structures and pathways in the brain are involved in the modulation of prepulse inhibition. In the present study, the functional importance of the medial geniculate body (MG) in the modulation of prepulse inhibition was investigated. To this end, in vivo brain microdialysis probes were used to infuse drugs locally into the MG of awake, freely moving rats simultaneously with startle response and prepulse inhibition measurements in the same animals. Intrageniculate infusion of the sodium channel blocker, tetrodotoxin, significantly reduced prepulse inhibition without affecting baseline startle amplitude. A similar effect was obtained after intrageniculate infusion of the GABA(B) receptor agonist, baclofen. In addition, intrageniculate infusion of muscimol, an agonist at the GABA(A) receptor complex, reduced prepulse inhibition, although this effect was obtained at a higher concentration of the drug compared to that of baclofen. These studies suggest that the MG is involved in the modulation of prepulse inhibition and that auditory signals relayed via the MG may be subjected to inhibitory control at this level, involving GABA neurotransmission.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Neurovetenskaper (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Neurosciences (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Farmakologi och toxikologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Pharmacology and Toxicology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Acoustic Stimulation
- Animals
- Baclofen
- pharmacology
- Calcium Channel Blockers
- pharmacology
- GABA Agonists
- pharmacology
- Geniculate Bodies
- drug effects
- physiology
- Inhibition (Psychology)
- Male
- Microdialysis
- Muscimol
- pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats
- Sprague-Dawley
- Reflex
- Startle
- drug effects
- physiology
- Tetrodotoxin
- pharmacology
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