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Amphetamine and haloperidol modulate preprotachykinin A mRNA expression in rat nucleus accumbens and caudate-putamen
1Department of Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research
|March 1, 1992
Abstract:
In situ hybridization was used to measure the effect of repeated amphetamine (1.5 mg/kg) and haloperidol (0.5 mg/kg) treatment for 7 days on the expression of preprotachykinin A (PPT-A) mRNA in rat nucleus accumbens (Acb) and caudate-putamen (CPu). Amphetamine elevated the level of PPT-A mRNA in Acb, but not in CPu. Haloperidol decreased the levels in Acb shell and CPu, but not in Acb core. Haloperidol injected together with amphetamine, prevented the amphetamine-induced increase in PPT-A mRNA expression in both Acb core and shell.