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Reduction of motor behavioral deficits in senescent animals via chronic prolactin administration. I. Rotational behavior.

The effects of chronic prolactin administration on amphetamine or dopamine (DA) induced rotational behavior was examined in mature (6 month) and senescent (24 month) Wistar rats which were unilaterally lesioned in the left substantia nigra with 6-hydroxydopamine. Prolactin (150 ng/hr) was administered for 7 days via subcutaneously implanted Alzet minipumps. Amphetamine (AMPH) (0, 10 micrograms) or DA (0, 25 micrograms) was administered through cannula which had been implanted into the right (intact) striatum. Both DA-active agents were given prior to pump implantation and on day 4 of prolactin administration. The AMPH was dissolved in saline (1 microliter; pH, 5.5-6.0), while DA was dissolved in N2 bubbled distilled H2O (1 microliter; pH, 5.5-6.0) and the animals were pretreated with nialamide (50 mg/kg) intraperitoneally 1 hr before DA or DA-vehicle injection. The order of drug administration was counterbalanced within the age groups. Results showed that both groups of animals exhibited higher rotational behavior scores following prolactin treatment. In fact, there was a trend toward greater enhancement of rotational behavior in the senescent animals following prolactin treatment than that seen in mature animals. These results parallel those reported previously wherein it was found that striatal DA receptor concentrations (as assessed with [3H]spiperone binding) were higher in prolactin treated mature and senescent animals than in their respective controls. The findings suggest that there is a relationship between increases in the density of striatal DA receptors and improvement in motor performance tasks in senescent animals.[1]

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