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ArticleFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2014

Relationship between L-DOPA-induced reduction in motor and exploratory activity and degree of DAT binding in the rat.

Susanne Nikolaus, Markus Beu, Angelica Maria De Souza Silva, Joseph P Huston, Hubertus Hautzel, Owen Y Chao, Christina Antke, Hans-Wilhelm Müller

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Article in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Susanne NikolausClinic of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany.
Markus BeuClinic of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany.
Angelica Maria De Souza SilvaCenter for Behavioural Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
Joseph P HustonCenter for Behavioural Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
Hubertus HautzelClinic of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany.
Owen Y ChaoCenter for Behavioural Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
Christina AntkeClinic of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany.
Hans-Wilhelm MüllerClinic of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany.

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purposeThe present study assessed the influence of L-DOPA administration on neostriatal dopamine (DA) transporter (DAT) binding in relation to motor and exploratory behaviors in the rat.

methodsRats received injections of 5 mg/kg L-DOPA, 10 mg/kg L-DOPA or vehicle. Motor and exploratory behaviors were assessed for 30 min in an open field prior to administration of [(123)I]FP-CIT. Dopamine transporter binding was measured with small animal single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) 2 h after radioligand administration for 60 min.

resultsBoth L-DOPA doses significantly reduced DAT binding and led to significantly less head-shoulder motility and more sitting relative to vehicle. Moreover, 10 mg/kg L-DOPA induced less distance traveled and ambulation than 5 mg/kg L-DOPA. Analysis of time-behavior (t-b) curves showed that L-DOPA-treated animals relative to vehicle exhibited (1) a faster rate of increase in duration of sitting; (2) a slower rate of increase in duration of head-shoulder motility; and (3) a slower rate of decrease in frequency of head-shoulder motility.

conclusionsThe reductions of striatal DAT binding after L-DOPA challenges reflected elevated concentrations of synaptic DA. L-DOPA-treated animals showed less head-shoulder motility and more sitting than vehicle-treated animals, indicating an association between less behavioral activity and increased availability of striatal DA. The faster increase of sitting duration to a higher final level and the slower increase of head-shoulder motility to a lower final level relative to controls may be interpreted in terms on behavioral habituation to a novel environment.

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dopamine transporterexploratory behaviorhabituationL-DOPA methylestermotor behaviorsmall animal SPECTtime-behavior curves

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