PMID- 16644125 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070116 LR - 20141120 IS - 0304-3940 (Print) IS - 0304-3940 (Linking) VI - 402 IP - 1-2 DP - 2006 Jul 10 TI - Forebrain D1 function and sensorimotor gating in rats: effects of D1 blockade, frontal lesions and dopamine denervation. PG - 40-5 AB - Prefrontal D1 hypoactivity is implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia, and might contribute to sensorimotor gating deficits in schizophrenia patients, based on evidence that D1 blockade in the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) reduces prepulse inhibition of startle (PPI) in animal models. PPI is disrupted by systemic and intra-MPFC infusion of the D1 antagonist, SCH23390. We investigated the role of the MPFC in the PPI-disruptive effects of systemic SCH23390 administration, and more generally, in the dopaminergic regulation of PPI. PPI was measured in rats after forebrain manipulations, including systemic administration of SCH23390, ibotenic acid lesions of the MPFC, and 6OHDA-induced dopamine (DA) depletion from MPFC or nucleus accumbens. Systemic SCH23390 disrupted PPI; these effects were not opposed by ibotenic acid lesions of the MPFC. PPI remained intact after MPFC DA depletion, but--as predicted by Bubser and Koch [M. Bubser, M. Koch, Prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response of rats is reduced by 6 hydroxydopamine lesions of the medial prefrontal cortex, Psychopharmacology 113 (1994) 487-492]--a reduction in PPI from pre- to post-surgery correlated significantly with MPFC DA loss. The effects of systemic SCH23390 were not opposed by NAC DA depletion. D1 receptors regulate PPI in rats, but this effect does not appear to be mediated either by the MPFC or by increased mesolimbic DA activity. FAU - Swerdlow, Neal R AU - Swerdlow NR AD - Department of Psychiatry, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093-0804, United States. nswerdlow@ucsd.edu FAU - Shoemaker, Jody M AU - Shoemaker JM FAU - Kuczenski, Ronald AU - Kuczenski R FAU - Bongiovanni, Michele J AU - Bongiovanni MJ FAU - Neary, Alaina C AU - Neary AC FAU - Tochen, Laura S AU - Tochen LS FAU - Saint Marie, Richard L AU - Saint Marie RL LA - eng GR - MH01436/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - MH53484/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20060427 PL - Ireland TA - Neurosci Lett JT - Neuroscience letters JID - 7600130 RN - 0 (Benzazepines) RN - 0 (Dopamine Antagonists) RN - 0 (Receptors, Dopamine D1) RN - 0 (Sympatholytics) RN - 102-32-9 (3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid) RN - 333DO1RDJY (Serotonin) RN - 8HW4YBZ748 (Oxidopamine) RN - VTD58H1Z2X (Dopamine) RN - X4W3ENH1CV (Norepinephrine) SB - IM MH - 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid/metabolism MH - Acoustic Stimulation/methods MH - Animals MH - Behavior, Animal/drug effects MH - Benzazepines/pharmacology MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/methods MH - Denervation/methods MH - Dopamine/*metabolism MH - Dopamine Antagonists/pharmacology MH - Lameness, Animal/chemically induced/*physiopathology MH - Male MH - Norepinephrine/metabolism MH - Oxidopamine/pharmacology MH - Prefrontal Cortex/drug effects/injuries/*physiology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, Dopamine D1/*physiology MH - Reflex, Startle/drug effects/physiology MH - Serotonin/metabolism MH - Sympatholytics/pharmacology MH - Time Factors EDAT- 2006/04/29 09:00 MHDA- 2007/01/17 09:00 CRDT- 2006/04/29 09:00 PHST- 2006/01/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2006/03/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2006/03/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2006/04/29 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/01/17 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/04/29 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0304-3940(06)00326-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.03.060 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Lett. 2006 Jul 10;402(1-2):40-5. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.03.060. Epub 2006 Apr 27.