Glycine site antagonists abolish dopamine D 2 but not D 1 receptor mediated catalepsy in rats
- 1 June 1994
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal Of Neural Transmission-Parkinsons Disease and Dementia Section
- Vol. 95 (2) , 123-136
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01276431
Abstract
Catalepsy—a state of postural immobility (akinesia) with muscular rigidity (rigor)—and reduced locomotion in animals are behavioral deficits showing similarities with symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). The effects of the glycine site antagonists 7-chlorokynurenate and (R)-HA-966 on haloperidol-(D2 antagonist) and SCH 23390-(D 1 antagonist) induced catalepsy and reduced locomotion are investigated in rats. Both antagonists dose-dependently counteract dopamine D 2 receptor mediated catalepsy but they have no influence on locomotion. Neither 7-chlorokynurenate nor (R)-HA-966 has any effect on dopamine D 1 receptor mediated catalepsy. This finding is surprising, since NMDA receptor antagonists counteract both, dopamine D 1 and D 2 receptor mediated catalepsy. D 1 and D 2 receptors are located on different populations of neurons. Thus, the present findings suggest that these different neuronal populations have different sensitivity for ligands binding at the glycine binding site of the NMDA receptor.Keywords
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