Jc. Michaud et al., Effects of neurotensin receptor antagonists on the firing rate of rat ventral pallidum neurons, NEUROREPORT, 11(7), 2000, pp. 1437-1441
Using anaesthetized adult rats, we compared the effects of i.v. injections
of neurotensin receptor antagonists (SR48692 and SR142948), haloperidol and
clozapine on neuronal firing rate in the two ventral pallidal areas, SR486
92 (0.5, 1 and 2 mg/kg, i.v.) induced a dose-dependent inhibition of firing
rate in two thirds of neurons in the ventromedial part without any effect
in the ventrolateral part. These effects are in keeping with the preferenti
al neurotensin immunoreactivity distribution reported in the ventral pallid
um. The classical antipsychotic drug haloperidol (0.5 mg/kg, i.v.) induced
an inhibition of neuronal firing rate in both ventral pallidal areas wherea
s the atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine (20 mg/kg, i.v.), like the neur
otensin receptor antagonist SR48692, inhibited cell firing only in the vent
romedial part. NeuroReport 11:1437-1441 (C) 2000 Lippincott Williams & Wilk
ins.