N. Kayadjanian et al., STRIATAL NMDAR2B MESSENGER-RNA EXPRESSION AFTER BILATERAL CORTICAL AND UNILATERAL NIGRAL DEAFFERENTATION, NeuroReport, 7(3), 1996, pp. 713-716
WE have studied by in situ hybridization histochemistry the regulation
of NMDAR2B mRNA expression by dopaminergic (DA) and cortical glutamat
ergic afferent fibres in the rat striatum. The effects induced by a un
ilateral lesion of the medial forebrain bundle and a bilateral lesion
of the sensorimotor cortex were analysed in the dorsal striatum 3 week
s after the lesions. Using a S-35-labelled specific oligonucleotide pr
obe no change in NMDAR2B mRNA level was found in DA-depleted striatum
compared with the normal rat striatum. However, following cortical les
ions, the levels of NMDAR2B mRNA were significantly increased, specifi
cally in the striatal projection area of the SM cortex. These results
suggest that NMDAR2B mRNA expression is regulated by cortico-striatal
fibres in a topographic manner.