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In vivo dopamine release from the anterior hypothalamus of the rat.

The release of dopamine from the anterior hypothalamic/preoptic region of the anesthetized rat was investigated in vivo using a superfusion technique with a push-pull cannula. Dopamine was measured electrochemically after separation by liquid chromatography. The spontaneous release of dopamine was very low but detectable in some experiments. An inhibitor of monoamine oxidase (pargyline) and the immediate precursor of dopamine (L-DOPA) were added to synthetic cerebrospinal fluid superfusing the area. When these substances were present dopamine release was increased considerably and appeared to be stable for a long period of time. Mechanisms contributing to the formation of newly synthetized dopamine are discussed in relation to the releasing effect of d-amphetamine and the inhibiting effect of calcium-free medium. The functional significance of dopamine release was shown by the increased release of dopamine following an increase in blood pressure obtained by an intraarterial injection of blood. Finally, ventral noradrenergic bundle lesion on the same side of the superfusion site considerably enhanced dopamine release which may indicate an inhibitory control of dopamine release by noradrenergic neurons. Furthermore, this experimental procedure provides valuable means for analyzing the effects of pharmacological as well as other manipulations on the dopamine released from a superfused brain area in vivo.[1]

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  1. In vivo dopamine release from the anterior hypothalamus of the rat. Elghozi, J.L., Le Quan-Bui, K.H., Earnhardt, J.T., Meyer, P., Devynck, M.A. Eur. J. Pharmacol. (1981) [Pubmed]
 
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