Persistence of Long-Lasting Serotonin Depletion by P-Chloroamphetamine in Rat Brain After 6-Hydroxydopamine Lesioning of Dopamine Neurons

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Article

Publication Date

10-12-1995

Description

In rats that had been treated neonatally with 6-hydroxydopamine (6OHDA) to deplete striatal dopamine more than 95%, a single injection of p-chloroamphetamine (pCA) (5 or 10 mg/kg, i.p.) resulted in depletion of striatal and hippocampal serotonin at 1 week to a similar extent as in control rats. These findings suggest that striatal dopamine is not essential to the long-lasting depletion of brain serotonin by pCA in rats.

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