NO synthase-dependent increases in extracellular citrulline levels in the nucleus accumbens in an emotional conditioned reflex
Intracerebral microdialysis/HPLC studies in Sprague-Dawley rats showed that the acquisition and execution of an emotional conditioned reflex was accompanied by an increase in the extracellular citrulline level in the nucleus accumbens; citrulline is a co-product of nitric oxide synthesis. The increa...
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Published in | Neuroscience and behavioral physiology Vol. 37; no. 8; pp. 803 - 809 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
Springer Nature B.V
01.10.2007
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Summary: | Intracerebral microdialysis/HPLC studies in Sprague-Dawley rats showed that the acquisition and execution of an emotional conditioned reflex was accompanied by an increase in the extracellular citrulline level in the nucleus accumbens; citrulline is a co-product of nitric oxide synthesis. The increase in the citrulline level evoked by execution of this reflex decreased after injection of 7-nitroindazole (0.5 mM), a selective inhibitor of neuronal NO synthase, into the nucleus accumbens, and was completely blocked by injection of N-nitroarginine (0.5 mM), a non-selective inhibitor NO synthase. The increase in the nucleus accumbens citrulline level seen during execution of the emotional conditioned reflex was prevented by administration of both of these NO synthase inhibitors. These data suggest that during the acquisition and execution of the emotional conditioned reflex, there is an increase in nitric oxide production in the nucleus accumbens, which arises predominantly as a result of activation of neuronal NO synthase. |
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ISSN: | 0097-0549 1573-899X |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11055-007-0085-5 |