The effect of phencyclidine on [3H]GABA and [3H]fulnitrazepam binding in the brain of naive and handling‐habituated rats

Abstract
The effects of handling and handling combined with phencyclidine (PCP) treatment on GABAergic neurotransmission were studied in Sprague‐Dawley rats. The animal material consisted of handling‐habituated (HH, for 11 d), acutely handled (naive, N), handling‐habituated and PCP‐treated (10 mg kg‐1 i. p., HH+PCP) and acutely handled (naive) PCP‐treated (N+PCP) and unhandled ‘control’ rats. The binding of [3]GANA and [3H]flunitrazepam (FLU) was studied with membrances and the release of [3H]GABA with slices prepared from the striatum and frontal cortex. In the striatum the maximal binding capacity (Bmax) and the binding constant (KD was lower in N rats. KD constants of [3H]FLU were significantly lower in both brain areas in N rats than in HH rats. After PCP treatment both Bmax and KD for [3H]GAGA diminished. Neither handlign nor PCP had any effect on [3H]GABA release from striatal and frontal cortical slices. Handling prior to killing thus affects differently the GABAergic parameters studied and modulates the PCP‐induced effects

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