کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
6018802 1186528 2012 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Endogenous opioid-dopamine neurotransmission underlie negative CBV fMRI signals
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی عصب شناسی
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Endogenous opioid-dopamine neurotransmission underlie negative CBV fMRI signals
چکیده انگلیسی

Previous studies showed noxious unilateral forepaw electrical stimulation surprisingly evoked negative blood-oxygenation-level-dependent (BOLD), cerebral blood flow (CBF), and cerebral blood volume (CBV) fMRI responses in the bilateral striatum whereas the local neuronal spike and c-Fos activities increased. These negative responses are associated with vasoconstriction and appeared to override the increased hemodynamic responses that typically accompanied with increased neural activity. The current study aimed to investigate the role of μ-opioid system in modulating vasoconstriction in the striatum associated with noxious stimulation on a 4.7-Tesla MRI scanner. Specifically, we investigated: i) how morphine (a μ-opioid receptor agonist) affects the vasoconstriction in the bilateral striatum associated with noxious electrical forepaw stimulation in rats, and ii) how naloxone (an opioid receptor antagonist) and eticlopride (a dopamine D2/D3 receptor antagonist) modulates the morphine effects onwards. Injection of morphine enhanced the negative striatal CBV responses to noxious stimulation. Sequential injection of naloxone in the same animals abolished the stimulus-evoked vasoconstriction. In a separate group of animals, injection of eticlopride following morphine also reduced the vasoconstriction. Our findings suggested that noxious stimulation endogenously activated opioid and dopamine receptors in the striatum and thus leading to vasoconstriction.

►Noxious electrical stimulation induces vasoconstriction in the bilateral striatum. ►Morphine enhances the stimulus-evoked vasoconstriction in the bilateral striatum. ►Naloxone abolishes the stimulus-evoked vasoconstriction. ►Eticlopride reduces the stimulus-evoked vasoconstriction. ►Neurotransmitter-induced vasoconstriction may override the positive fMRI response.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Experimental Neurology - Volume 234, Issue 2, April 2012, Pages 382-388
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