-, . !, . ~ r . A Comp.ua(lve S t ud y on, th0!fecc B of 1'l~ ectl q'UI U n l1 a t~ ra l Lnt t-a nrg r a I of SUb.lIt a nce P .e nd ,Su bBt a nc e K o n Cl rc l1 ng Behav l ~r : .J . © , \ Enri co uus eo , B.A . . A Thel:lh 'sublllitted I n parcial. fu lfi llment of th e req \llrelllents fo r the deg ree o f ,~J ,1 9 t e r of sete nc e ~ .' Department o f P' ;Ch Ol"Ogy"\ Memoria l Uni ve rs i t y of · Newf ound la nd 'March 1986 St . John's . Newfo u ~~land ... Permissio n b~S been 9r~nted .. to t he . .Nat ional Lib r ary of " . '--:/ ~~;:~s~ a~~ ~oicf::di l~~;~i~ . copieS-Of t he f ilm. . . ;} " 1& ~~tt;a~~:sae ~ ~; d:"iCp~~~~;~~~ ;" Th$ : autho~ ( copyrigh t owne r) has r e s e r ved othe r p u b lica t i o n , r i 9 h t s iCn nd neither the thes is n o r e xtensive extracts ' f m it ma y be printed or othe rwise ~ ~e!f~~~e: .W~ ~h~~\ i~i;~h~ ~ ~B~ . -ee vend re d.e s \ e xe mpl a i r e s du · f ilm. \ ~tA ecco re ae B iblioth~que national e L'a utorisatio n a , - - , L' aut eu t' ( titu la i re du 'dr o i t d'au teu r) se ' r As e r v e les autre s dro its de pu b Li c e t Lcn r 1 a t hDs e ' n1 d e l o ng s ext ra its de ce 11e -ci ne doive nt aeee l mp ri mAs O U ' au trement r eprodu its sans so n autor i . aqon f!c~ e . n1 1J-315 -3HJJ2 _4 . / •• ; ~. ) . The e~feci: s of unilat e ral l ntr,ln lJ:::r"I · j..r1j~c: tlo,,~ \ MUb", ~ "IIlc:e'll of nnd the n ewl y d is c:o"ete ~ · t ~ c: h y k l n l n . s ubs t lln ce K, Io/~ re C:O~~ ~~ C:d u 8 1"1:"..., r ot D llll!t ~r .. , t o mea sure c:lrc:l1 n~ . . "d i r e c t l y Into hehe vt cr rl Rht c:h rori l~lI i l y Impl ant ed . 'nnd in V~l't0';ls. r at s , solu t1 0.lIs we re " th e " u bsta nt l.a nl~~Il ' pa rs S~bstilnc:e ll:u lde cannu l ae , fo't viA s~b!l tanc:e K; ~poMr l'hl ne " 1', sal1.n ~' ~' re a<lll ;nister~d5eqUentta~lY ",~uuru d';"",i~n_ ';,Ho wed I nj e c t e d r'!t l~ul."ta . ( ~ N R ) ; "1n: k':C:h~ ,n tr' Thl~ ~repeated ' ~onipll. ris on s t~ b~ lJ.ad~ ~lt h 'rc ll p~c t to. t h~-:;r;ec u , of l e a c h so l ut t cn on c·l rcl l ng . S, p il~ ac e groups were fo rmed~ o , tha t three "d'if f e r u t e e ncene e ac'r c os of. S U bs t~ n.c e P and eubs r .. ~ce K could ' be t ell ~ e d ' .. ' . (Gr oups A, B, C .r ec e ilr e 4 8 . 12. ' r e ug I . 5 Ill . In th lH orde r } . .Grollp s >0. II"" IInll . C. w.ere pre treated w.lt li d-~mp het.amlne . whll e Cr ou p'O was not • • AI 1R ro ups. lIl s o rec ei ved Intr:8:n~gr.ll.l. i nje c t lo ns of apollH>rP~l ~e_:UL~_L •.5.JJ.ll-and _aa ll n-C-.--_ _ At a O::~nl:: e n t r R tl on of ~2 , ug . s~bs tan ce .c o n t r a la t e r a ~ c1rcllng- w~e n admini st ra ti on s . , elic i t . II; si ltn'l f l o::an t ly' tn~ re Il8 ed the alllo unt o f co ep e r ed wtt h "'?" ' o f ," conr r ct , 0::0nt ra~e t8 1 ve ce ne e n e ee e ren e o f 'c l ro:: 11 ng when ~ l ltht a~d adlll'ln lMe~e'd'unli a tcr~ llY ~ nt'o the 16 u{: of s u bsta nc e in c rea se cen e eate eeea t ci rcl ing . None of Increasi ng c i rclin g" In c!rc li nli; th .ree . ~rpups . 1~ one ,l(r o up . 'I( -d t d not SNR: ' s'l g n 1J l ca nt l~ the thre e 'd oae s n f SP, e llc1t~d sign lfi cl nt l y m~~e c1 ~.cliJlIt .than dt d saltne. c o n t r~ e n l ve th e The se Ire the ,flr st da t il to i nil1 c ltt e t ha t subs t e nc e K e lln ,!,h ti e Apomoql l.l1ne W8S. Jneffectlve a t It ~' !R.n l f l can t 1y .i ncre8ll~~ In _': 1I...... ln1111( ,t he r eault ll o f expe rI11Ient • . th e effects o f eeen so l u t Lon a re 'dhc us ile d. th e ' ~: lI p la n 8 li ionll t )'la t .• . may serve to c ~,lIrHy in consist encies are .fl r o p o llc~ . ,.nd lin ·e ft or.t I II ala o 11I~J e ' to reco ncile these rellult s ""lth thole r e:p o t' ~ e~d I n th e ret evenr 'I ( t er a tu re . ....,. _ .; 11 ACKNOWLEDGi:MENTS ( I w"i;;'h, t o than\!. vsr.lDua •. , i ncl ud e 1" Hrg~'K: 'fi ria nc i al . McKay. "'~si8tance Dr. : G. l~dlvldull.b Uo '.' Har tln .a~d 'IllS rr ovld ed by th~ : prov!ded 8ss1st'll'lcej "c he se' ' . Dr • • B.T .L• . ~yu8ky. Depa rtment of . Pet;sonal Gl'Ilduat~ St~d lC8 ~ I I( , ,:-/--( >. . ~ .-: - add ition, -l would U ke to thank. Du . D. Corbe tt and O. Biege r .rer .rhe1r . . . help ful a u'!Jgestlo ns ,a nd COIlln~ nt8 durinR t he co urse of thh work . nna l ly , I , ~ woul d like .to ltha nk Or . Charles 'Halsbury for his kin d help and e n co u rag ~me n t : ' .' .' . . -'----~ n ~ r-provf.-d-fn~ · lIIan y_- o-f--t h e · hl e a lJ · -elllb o d i ed - L n___t_his_work .__---:---. :.~ , .r" \ ' . '~ ~" " . - - ~- . . - . . I.. ~ ~ . / ill .AlJat r~ct . -- ---- --- ----- ~- - --- :.:---- -- ; .. . :-----.-I".--.--- ------- . .,~ . ;[~~:i~±:~~~32S : . ' \ ~" Tac hykl'; ln '· ·---,:'- ~-:'_· --- - - ----- -.---_"::'·"·--;,-7 - --- --- ....,.-- I J . 6 . Re ceptorLand I lIIlllU no r e a c t l ve II.ratll Si tu --- - - .,.- - - - Beh a v.1orill Et h cte ,o f SP a nd SK ...- - - - - --- - - - - - - - -.- - T~~ su~1~r~:::~~~E:;~i~:;;~:=::::':::::;::.::::::~:::::~::::~_ ~ ~~~~:; ::~~:~~;~::;~:;:-:::::::::::::~:;:;:::::::::. . ! . :; The Neur a l '..! a o f Cir e llnl': - --- --..,-- - - - - - - ----------------16 -:- SfU(ITi"s-aiiii d- on Des t r uc t l o n o f Tilsu e ......:.- - - - - - - - .... 17 Stud ies laud o n Di re c t St ll11U!-4l tlo n --:. -----~ --- " . 2.3 ~~~: ~~~~~~~~~~ Perf usion an'" lU ato lo RY - - ---- - -,,- -.---•• ....;.- - ----~-:. --.... ' ." . ' - Hl."'0.~:~;~:~~:::::::~:=::=:~::~::::::::::~::::.. ------------=.:------:.----------:.------------.-----------General Ob • • r v llt l on l .:- - - - .,.-::- - - - - - - - --- :.- - - - - ---- - - - - - - - --"':'- General Coru:lu slon l ---:---1'------:---:--:----r-- - :..-- -.:--- --- - - - Di s c~l l lon ~fer~nce8 ..,------.:.---- .---- -------- --- .----------~- 2--,,_-.,;, 7"-- --.---- u · ". ,." 29 " l2 )) " ii 104 _ 52 ' 53 ss . .'.~ " '- . Fig ure 1 - .Appa u t u ll Ulle.d !O a ea eur e / ' Ci rcl~ng - ------------:------ 31 Figur e 3 - CIItego rl:r.atlo n of SNR I n jec tion Sites with respect t o Rolltr~-ca uda l Plane ..------------ -;- ...- 39 Fig ure 4 - " He a~ Ci rc ling Rate Totals of Groups Teated -----~------ 42 Tabl"e I - • • I Type s of Tis'll ue Frolll Which Sollie. • Tachykfntns W~r~ Fi rs t" Isolated ---- ------- ------- -\ " \\ ~~e v:: ~::;, . Tabl e 3 Ta ble 5 . ,Tab le 6 ,I , Pl'oposed\Tac~ykin i n Recep~~rs an d , Table 2 - - V;a ~~;~~:~n:O :!~:~~_~ i " , ' ., ~ ., . _ I Cyto logica l Character t:a t:lon of SN ,Ce f l Ty.pes ' --- ----:: 10 • ae cr eee wr Nigt'al Afferents and Relevant Neut'o ttll. ns1ll1t te ,rs .- -- - ---- ---- - ~ - - - -- - ~ - - - 1] Di rectio n o{ ,Ci~cltng Ro~ro wing Un llll.t et' 1l1 Intr ll.nl g r a l AdUlints t rsqon of Various Substances ---------:----;----..1-----------..;----":'------ "";"h 0.. 1,0 ~---,-~t-----:--:----·-------·--·- . ' , I Dia t rib utiQn of SNk' Inje ~tiOri S i~~rtn- Ani mals Tested l --- - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - ~- ~ -- - - - - Ta ble 8 Ci r c ling following t.n.trs ni gr a l M.min ia tt' s tio n ~o f SP . SK, Apo . a nd Sal ~ ----------- -- - - ----...- - - - - - - - " J4 4D 43 , {.- , '; !I ,. ,\ . Tac:.hyki ntns Dutln~ th : last de.cade there has grOwln~ : f n t e.r ~8 t been neurcoee t tdca and t he role they lIoay p l a y 1n the neural e e nr ec t <if ;~e ha v (o r . • recent esttlllllt es uggesu th a t over 40 b:raln ' . In II number ofl~or tllnt " 1 ' ( and/~ p:eptldes;ruy . . .. behaviors (Krieger , -1983) . In A • play 'roles .. .j . Little is -known about ~ny o f t~e'lle' n~'uroPep tld~8. .a'lt"hOugh: II ' nu~ber ~'f ['~~'"M h~~~• b~~~(l~'itC:llted in . " ', ', 'w'; :· th~'controJ of specific: behIlVi. 0 r f \ (980» . \ (;g. a ng i o te ns i n"s nd .. . Rec ently lnter"est hll; bee: , \ 1e uropep t l des . [ .h E! ta c hy k i n l ns. _~enera~ed .by Member!! d~t~~l~ ( Flt~sllIlons . ,. one pa 'ttlcular hmily of " family. _ ~ha re -. of ,t his C:Ollllllon . lI!1\lno-ac1d sequence 'a t their .c a r boxy l - t e r m nu l (C- t e rn.l nu8. ),'<Phe-X:;-Gly-L e u- / Met*NH2 , where It is a hYdr~hobl c o r e reee'cr.c r est due} ; , ' Su bs t anc e P (SP ) , \ . . . , .', ' t h'e !lOS t studied of the t a chyk lni ns , was discovered by lion Euler and Gaddulll ( -' (l!n-i') , 1rI al coho U c extract!! of equ ine brain and .inte'st·ihe. , . ' '. , ''- 1· ", : ' Ita sructurd ' ' chirae-te rtut i on ' followed l a t e r , i n 197 1 (Chang, Leeman/ and Niall, 1971). Ot her " members of _t he tac'hykin in famUy include eled~i:~ in, physae1elllln , kas'i inin . 8Ubetanc~ i.(SK , neu romedin L~ neu\ ep tidea "was ',f1rs t iso lated. SP and -eeeeu eeee 'SK ee n, i~ c e r t v n caBe" o.f A) :a'~~, ne ur omedtn K (N", . tta,~e" each o~ the latte .. ' b~ pa,t ~ . , ()'f t he B8~e p o l ypep tide llo1e c:ule . Nawa, Hiros e , Tak aah . a , I n 8 y~.II,~, and ,Naka~i9~i ( 1 9 ,~ ) ) we f e ' a bl e t o cjcne eDNA en.~od lng neurokinin Tab l e 1 ahows from ~wh.ich tyoe neUrokinin B). f or Sf ., ,:quenc:es th~re c:o~l ~men t ll ty to Ill~A e eque ncee • ' Following th e analysh of :t he nucleotide 'sequences of th e i JI .. .:.t,;' ... · ~ .!.:. So IllO! ~llI bO!rll o f thO! tachyk1nifl faml "lY an d t he co rre epo nd ln Mt ype, of\ t:.1.aJwa,.. fr olll whic h t hey were f it et " 110 ta ted El edo l s i n: Phyu e l ell\l n • It,u slnin Mp hi b ia n . k i n . . Su bs~ a n c e l Pl g .p i nAl co rd Neurollledi n It P1s: spinal cor d eDNA,i t lola . d h eo v~l:'e d t ha t bov ine br lll1n51' pre c ursou a re ~neode d by at le a at . It is known th l_~ t t\e' pr e cu-u or ,Alp hl -pl:'e pr o t l ehyk1.nin tWO di ffe r.ent mRNAa . ,(r-t"A- pPT: 119 I lli no Icide.) 1Ia precur Bor to B se c ond preeursor, Beu - lo t h pre pro tlc hykL;"in l have; 111 a llllirio' acidl In co~o n; and ..,it hl n ~he~e ~ l l , : i~ con~a~~ , ' : ' r: Bj,' ,~PT are /nd i da ~ea for .r~lea~e ra te ~ida ~ th e' S1' pa ptide. The I:'ellla i ni i\g 19 I mi no I d da prese nt in B-P!T alone . " '.'. '. , : Sp" wh i~e prep rot ,chYk;ini n ( B-p1'1: 130 I mino adda) c,?n U ins co pies of bO,th S~ an d SK. , ; . ~ t hOle 10. whi cb chara~·ter1ze. SK. . l: , , rn c e , ce rtain neu ro n'l tha t conta in . ot SP .an d 'S K• .' , ' Tac hykl ni n Rec eptors and b llD.uno reacUve Brain Sites A nUlRber j "" of r e por ts ha ve dellc 'r l be d ' t he , bi ndi ng' pl:'o pertlea of t~chyk1n lna ,a nd t he one o r more rec e pt or s :; ,; 'I ',,' : t ha t med ia t e th e i r ~ffec t9" .. 'r' .· ' ,Va r i oul plth..,aY9 containi ng tac hyki ni n9 ha ve alao qeen i de nti fie d. 11k' :!'t r1om these Btud~es 101'1 11 be d ucr'i bed iinc e I' • I \ pr e ae nt ed la te r. , ~: l l'l pig L to ~ , • , ta c hykin i n re ce pt ors' and pr ob,able sub types . , •Th'e bl add e r, and r at cere br al co rte~ • . Bi n d on e'ltperi untal work u sing a , . n~lllber 'of , t he SP-P ;'i. "i pbY"~lemlJ» , a~d Sp- E rece Pto~s . , 8Ui:e~ a re eXamp lea of- a uch . bioaoaay.and ;,o t he r ph s r maclog lc a1 ayltelllB tlol'O, -t;actiykln l n rece ptors wer e ~ : I : propo~ed : ,: I Id~~t!.fY ll e UIlt~ ~Urinar y ,:,: ~r.parat~l~'i . t Re 9u1u eJtperi~ent to ' b~ Bot h perlphenl a nd br a i n tluue preP!lrations ha ve bee n stud Ied .I n ~ ' Cn at t emP t B ' ~. ~ t he y bear on t he The 5P-P rece ptor ( '1"; ~hYSaelelll~~/S1' , ' ka,8a1~in. or 181ft~ lly d~algnatln8 e~edoisiD it " .. ,s hown, bound ' an d . ., ' ---' . . ' . th O,lIt p refeTenc.~ f or an y ,o ~e ?t t heae ta c~Ykl n lD s ' . the SP-E . rec ep,~or ('~: ' , I ,: ,!.! t1 1} u i ana,t1 ng e le do ia i n), o ~ t he ~the r hand , "'.. f ound 'ka~t1nin pn folre nt,1a ll'y ( iversen , Hanley, wau\n . 198-i):- , ec b ln~ eledois i n .and ' Sand~.rg, ~-e. Pinnock , ' . : d· ,' . 'i. : ' -..... . i\ Rec.e~~, \lor k on tbe re c e pt o r bi nding cnllra.c teri~~i.CI of ra dio"lllbe ll'!: d ~llchy'ki n ins J1a&f'fiO_ve r, s uggested b,lnd i ng pau; rn s i . ic:at~ve of a t hi rd tac:hykln ln . '~ ec:e p,tor (Buc:k, Bur ch er , Shults, Lov~~b~rg , imd.O 'Dol\Oh~·e) 198 3; ' , ' 'lI' . , : • . _ MantYh ~ ~ Hag8lo, and Hunt, ,19B4) -, Buck .e e a l .( 19.83) ulC!d the proc:e ....o f . \ . compe t i t i ve inl11~itioh 88 a . tool i n bindi ng n~die8 an:d re ported, blndi nj : p••u~rna ,s hown In . table 2; it: there~o~e .apr eau th at Sf -P'4 '5.1'-1:, and .oSP.; K: NK: an d SKi . r ea ; lIc t.lv e l y) . --. _... "(1985) 'h"a nl?te ...d.that " 'a IIIO re l ogi _ c al cla8EI<l.f1.cat.lon " ~ 'r ' woul d havlI re'ce pt o u ' e~(i1t ( t.he endcgenc c e Uganda being SP, Qu~ r ion aC~lI!lIlII!, tli'e SP-E 'tem rep kaced wi t h 'a ' mor e SP.-E r e c ep t or \'. ge n~ral term. the~reaaonln8 is t hat t he b~naa ~"numb~t of ta'ChY'k'~n~nl ' .a~{~hOWS t~e hi.8~eilt' afPl nity ' , f or NX.; suggestlng t hat it 18 eere likely., to be a NK r e ~ ept or . · Henc:e, t he \ t hr e e r e c e pt o rs . the poss ibil l ty wo~ ~e SP, SK, t~at ,onl Y one '~~d NICrec:e pto r'•• •~.hou ld be noted t hat ' eeeeeee e typ e e XiI"t ,!l }wi th 1JU1 tl"pl e ~in~lng lite~? ) .has: .~een r a 1s~d ( cr ~~co t t , ' 1983) : ., In the tat braln a uto radlogu phy ta~hykini~ s~tes j bi ndi ng . .tla~ whereas ' cell ' be e n use d , to l Oc:a t e speci fls: bOdle8:,-~tu)~rs a~'d' te~lIina1. " " • c:o nt ai n in g th ea t'! pept1:des hav e Me n l.oca ted u'B1,;g il1llllunocy"toch~:lI try . .' bi nd i ng ,Si t es are f't'e ",Wldll! ;P' re_~d . t~;n SIC bindin~ si tes (S hul t·a: SP Buck ; ' .: l. , . Burc her ; Chase , a,nd O' Donoh~e , l~85) . · ~reas s howi ng a hlgh'density of ·SP bi ndi ng Ii,tea i nc lude t he s t ri~ tulll , de nta Le gyr us , ce rtain r~~on. ct t~ e alllygda la sna se'pt'al area , locus coeruleus,' 8uper(or , colUculbs 'a nd do ns 1 parll:brachlal nui::leu~ (Qui rion, Shults , .~O~dY ·'P~("t , I 198~ : Hant yh e e ai . , 1984 : ~hult. et a!', 1985")'1, 5K - bi n d~n8 , altes .i nclude interpe dunc ular nucleus, . ,,,tAi. ere.. of \ ", : ' v th~ . s ubatant is l u p r ac h 1a S lll a t i ~ . Chase. and Q'D; nohue, . Are as vl t h a hi gh de~ a1ty .o f . ' I\ l ~ ra • ~ pars cOIlPSctS), I ' nuc l e us:, , upra o ptlc nucleul , Ind ; , ",,,.<5hUlt. ,, .~ . • 19~" ; .H••tyh " . ' . , i",). Th~ ~ , J' .CLE' 1=..Th, ~ct bi.'lo, ;"'00'" W it: " Lot i" of • • uerber of ",hYk!. nins to t hree p.ropos ed t ac'hyk Lnfn r ec ep t or s ( ba s e d o n work by Buck e t <11 . , 1983 ; a nd Qui r io n , 19.~) . • -:- - - r '. ,.'\ . ·· ' SubsCan ceP ~ . S u.b s t a n c e Ie Neuroll\edt~ Ie • \ ,6 ' SP > Pi s > SK SIC > Kass ) El e tiJC > Kass ' ) Ele ~ Ele > Kass > NK > SP > ) NK PhYSt > Ph ys > 51< ) , SF . ., e xt ernal layer ~f t he Olfa c~'ory bu 'l b , a nd the dor u l horn of .t ~e s l'Il rll\! co rd hut h shoW' 1I l a rg e numbe r o f S P a nd SK btnd lny, s ites . Al thouRh 9 1 te~ t hat bind-SF I1fe mo r e vf de apr ead than 't holle th u SK, th~ d 1 9tr ~~tron 'i o f bqt h peptide'" c ve r l.an t o" Inrge exten t . b1.n d ~'tl~ lt ' . Yajima . Gu l l ne r , . Ch>1Fle, a~ d O'Dono hue ( 1965.lhave , hown th....e eo nc e ne en et c ne o f sl> ,and 5K wefe lIla t n Uln ed at a flK .. d rar t c thr ouR hout the _ j u r i ey of - 20 bra i n areas df ae ee t ed ( SP.:SK, 2"1 1 ) . SOllle ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ g · wo_~k on ·mamllla h . mor e ll(lec:l ftl c lllly '{"d CS. three t ach yk:1nl ns - - SP, SK and .N'K. . be'havto n, For hall t ended [~ . roc us on SP ha s be en IlJIDllc ated t n a n.imhei o f ~iarrO le, . de!len~ln~ ~n th e dc-se and the pai'~tcular p:}n thresh old of an animal- an Int,r athecal injection o f SP ca n brlnK about e t r nc r an analgesic ?r, hypoa Ig ea f c. r eanons e (f'r.edt! rl CIr.9 0n, 8urkes, 'Ha""fi'Cl I, lind Ed w~ r d s , (9 78) , whe n .i nj e ~t ed In a~i,U t i on . SP ha s ala o been f Otlnd, t o f a cllltlltt.' lordoalll I nt o aub ml tted' , for t h~ midb rain pu blica t io n); c~~tr&l llray (Do rlla~ , 'Ha l Rhllry e i r e r e . cl rc U nll: whe n ~ ub!l tan t 1a nig r ll ( Olpe and kcet te , p~nneY ;I ' " a nd Inj eeted l.nt"n 1977; Jallles and Starr, 1979 ) ; 40 d th e In crt!"~"e t occect cr. Ilct1V i t y when ' ad1I1iniste r ed Into the Yl!nt u l te.w;'IlIl!nt.'ll are a ';{VTA) • . . I Admln19tratl"n of 51( I nto the VTA \"11 a Is o ~een ( St i n'ua ,a nd Kelly , (978) . rep or~ed t o Inc reas e Io ece urc r aet i vitr , and a co,llt)lI.rla on with SP h~s " no;"n 51(, to ~ 10 t i mes eu r e and Ro th, 1985) . . tha ~ I} o~ent .I n thla res pect ( Ka ll v'as, ' oeu . Thill l at t e r fo rm o f s ugg eat that llIany types o~ con~"lrhon . ta chykln ln 1, Ma~ltio, I n c onj u n c t 1o/, w l~ 1l lnformati~n r ep or t 8 rect!l,tora exil t , . mllde It O.f i nt er e s t ' t n cc ee e r e t he e ff e c ts of 5P and 51< on c l r cHng behav i or, del cribl,:,g t his eKPerlment, Hantyh:-- r e tevant; to Pr ior t o t h e IInllco llY of the sub5~anti s nij( ra, and Its fu nc ti on in c i rcllnll; beh avio r, will be p r e se n t ed . The SN is a bi iate ral ve n tnllll!dbrd nstructu re th a t ' lie s dors al t o h~" t he ee r e? ra l n edu nc Lea , It ba llal j(a nl(lta, a l on,ll: wi t h tbe. c ommonl y been in cluded i n d i c r ip t l ons of t h e c au~a te!,ucl eu8 , pu tamen a nd g lobu8 pa lliduB .of thef or ebraln . '. tn orde r t ol.\l.l! y unde rs ta nd the r o l e of t h e Rubs.tantia nigra ( SN) "' i~ h r.espec: t to be havior, e!lpeciaUy_£.! rc l1 n~ beh.av~or, knowle d g e p e r t ai ni ng' . t o I ts 'st r uc turo l and chela~c 'a'l al1ll to ~y . , is ess e nt la l. - The vari ou" "af f e r ent an d e ffe re nt co nne ct l oflt, t ha t i nvolve the Sr. and e Lec t rophya fo I cg Lca I d atI! a lso Ri ve clues with r e gar d to its func t io n . Cytoa rc hitecture Cytoa rchi tecturaHy the 'SN has t rlldi tiona l ly been sep arated I n t o t h re; ~eR io",, ; pi!.rA. co~scta (SNL) ( GU llal'l, 194) . three't o f t ve c e l ls t hf (SNC) , p~r8 r etl cu lBta (SNR) and · I?ars 'l a t e ra li s The SNe. lie!! d o r sa lly and i s made up of ,a thin la ye r ek, Th1!l l a yer COl'ltal ns mal nly dop ami ne ( OA) ce U- ~Il d ies. lind h so meti mes r ef erred t o as A9 La cc o r df ng t o t he nome ncl a t 'ure of Dah lstrom a nd Fuxe (1 964 » . The SNR., o n the othe r ~n~ , makes up the vent ra l pqrtl on of the Sf{ a nd cQntd'ns a lowe r d e ns it y of ce lls in . co~a r i Bon t o t he SHC• . AlthouRht he SNR is th e !a rRest reg ion of th e SN, I t co n ta i ns re lati vely ' - few DA ce ll bod ies , · t ke bulk o f it be i ng ne u rop il. ph yl oj(enetiea lly th e o lde~ t Las t ly , th e SNL 18 feR ion of th e: SN and c:ont a t"" a r ela tive l y s mall _ nUlIl b&r of neuro"~ ( Dra y , 1 9~O ) : / I o\l though c ha rac te r ist ics d lllen5 1~ .of t he r e ha ve' been "lU1ll! r Otl8 .. t udle ll t)f the. laOrpho loll le a l ·~·f-S~ lIe ur o lls , a cont rove r~y ~xlil ts neu r OIlS found 111 the thr ee reglon~ r e l(lIr dl nll' the eoc t of the SN. For ex •• l o!' , Culley an d Wood ( 19 71) I d entified th ree types o f neu ron . In th e SlI': ._L I ( I L- ee d l ull -sbed lIeu ro", "'ere f oUnd t o be p res e n t I n al l eh eee r e l(l o ns o f th e -SH; ~he r ea. large ' neu rons wer e McConne l , and Net s k y ( 1970) f ound ~ lnly in , t he ~OUld ~ri ly ' lde nt lfY SNlland SNt ~ " ,," s ..a y, t wo t ypes of netl r <Jns In th e SN: .• small-sb ed type . (8~ 1I UIII) p r e se nt ,I n t he SNR a nd ~ NL , and II llelUUlIIthe SN~ s i ze d t )'lle (12 -17 um) p re s ; nt I n al l th re e relClons of , ' J U1'll"I U1, ... . Wil son, 'alld Gr~ve9 (19 7 ~ ) Id entified th ree type. ' o f neu r.o ns:·lI mal l ....h. ed neu rons ( 11-20 1I1l1) p resent I n all th ree a r eas of t he SNi l'IledlulI-s 1zed neu r on a , ( 19- 46 ull)p r e aen t 1n the SNe and ~N R ; a nd (lna U " IUlte-s tz ed neu r on s (4 ) -74 ._ ' UIlI) c reaent. I n the SMR and SNt.. \ Re ce n tly , Po lrle r , C1suere , and Ha rchantlo(l98J) have sultlle" te it"to~ p oss i b l e f " c t o1'l t hat IIIl ght e e l d A IDany o f t he dt "c tepll nc:lea 1n t he eee or r e d a bcive . rellul t~\ To beg in "'lt h, th e f.ct t h at t 9 0 f ew nell r?na ",et e "''''.led . fro.. e Ach o f t he S~ ~e~ lons llay ne v e l ed t o t nac cu rat.e ll:e nera l b afluns with ' reKa td~ to t he i r s be a nd dist ri but i on . SeCOndly , t l ~ s 'l e p reo u ilit io n .. eth~d9 vilir te d eonlli de 1'lbly be t wee n stud ies ao th a t varia bliit y In t he re sults co u l d be e >tP eet ec;h_~ Accordinll to POl r le r ee AI . ( 198 3 ) , . ene I tze 'o f- a ' neu ron can no t b. use d 019 a r ; 'i1a bl e p re d i ctor o f Ita l o ca t t o? t il th e t he SN r In t he t r 'o wn IItudy o f' Pot rie r and hia co Ue ap,u el Id ent ifi ed f ou r t ypes o f neurons be u d on n~'ll be r uf c yto lo lll clI l cha ra e t e r 19 t ·lc . (she, ah ape au ba t a nee) , and alllolillt The lIeuro nl ve r e c a t e Ror h e d aa be ing e i t he r of Ii Nl8"1 co~ecU ...t ype n eur~ ns, r e t l cu l ata-t ype ne u rons , Internledlary-type neurons, o r g l c bul ar> The name of eac h type o(neuron l~"l1es lu reeae i c e wl t h" n the t yp l neu rons. Tab'~e) sUTllmarh e8 the SN, exeep r in t he elise o f t he glofrula r - type neur on , characte ris tics o f , each type of ne u ron a nd thelr number i n,t he ra t SN. E ffere n t P ro l ec t10ns '£!.~~ !!l!!!!.!!!. Becka.tead, allto~adiOJl:raPhY uce es t ce , t o lila!' 'ou t t h e and ·Nau t a ef\~ent 5111011 1 amount s of trltl.a t e d ,amttl o acids used (1 979) co nnections the at t~e method of ' SN i n 'the ra t . (leuc1ne~nd p r oline ) were In j e c t e d · _~n ~ o both the SNC and §NR. Both the SNe lind SNR we r e found to be t he o r ig ins of . aa cendfrig a nd des ce nd fng f~tie r project ions . Wit h re gards to the SNC 'th~ ascend in g ' Il rOj ec t l o n~ were ~ e rve~ t o terminate in tne s triatum, globus pallidus , and ven tr.omedla l and eec t c dc r ee t thalamic nuc,le i . v all o r~anl"ed The nigro'lt r iatal o ro j e ce t c n so that fibers orig in.. t Lng fu m medld regions 4 f t he SN te rmi nated I;\ medial p a r t s of the st ri atum wh ile fi be rs originat i ng f r om more late ra l re ~i o ns o f th e SN te rmina t ed i n more la te ra l pa rts of the s tr ia tum. I n t er1Dll of t he ro s t r o- c aud al orll;aniu tion of the l1rojectio ns t he authors concluded th a t t he l oc a tion of a cell body in t he SNCwa" not a · o f ttll te flllinal fi e ld i n th e s t r la tul'l . E!I~8e n t ially , ~ood predictor ' all pa r ts of. the SN JlroJec"t to v ar i~us are as of t he IItria tulD along the rMtro:-cauda l p lane . Descemling p ro jections of t he SNC wer e a lso fo und t o terlllina te 1n a wi de · var ie ty o f !lr ea s . Thes e i nclude d the medi ,all rap he ' nucle us, ' d ors a l r ap he nuc l e u9,lle dunc ulo non t in e ,nuc le u",c::e ntral g r e y !Ia ~ te r, a nd l o cu s cee rute ue, With resp ec t t o th e SNR bot h Lr a.e s ce nd tng a nd des ce nd mg project ions ....ere f ound t o be "omewhat dif fer ent fr om t hou of t he . SNC, a l t~ough SOllie 10 . _ TABLE ~ Cytolo~lelll c:ha rac:terlattca !1 J . .4 cor r esp ding to ea ... the fo u r t ypu of neu rons i de nt ifie d In th e substantia '.rlf;;av Oby Poirier et a1: (1 983) , a~d the~r number ion th e r a t Neul'o n .!l.2!.a rid DUlIber : COMPACTA ( 9 , 92 S: 44 % of t'otal) '~ .Q.!. Sotlla:t: r l an&u i a ~t"IIo . pyl'a lllld 41, polygonal, ovo id o r ~p l ullp ' Ot h er Cytolosical Chancte ris ticl: 1") r.!lat 1Ye l y l a r ge pale nucleu a t ha t h . < . o f ten not .ce n t r a lly .l o ca t ed .. il l large a lllou nta of Nisl l . 8ubs e.oce dla trlbu1;ed i n patchu a nd i11 ) lIIean b "gu t dlallletel' o f 17 . 2 UIll . Neuron ~ ~ nUlllber' : ,~ 0 ,122 : 14% o f toui) ~ Q! Soma: multipolar . triangular or ovoid ~ Cytolo81cal Characteris tics: 1) large " ",~ u n t 8 of Nlnl luble_nce, but not as Qluch 18 .t he cOlllpact a-type neuro n , 11) II llIo t'e centrally located nucleus and Lii ) a i.ea n l arg e s t d l alDe t er of 20 .0 Uri 1 ~!l2!.!.!!!~ ~ (3,227: 14% of to ta1 ~ Of Soma: elonga ted, t ria ngul a r o r f usiform Othe r ~to logica l Cha rac teristics: i) t h i nner proceu88 t an e i t he r of the a bove neuron ty pe_, 11 ) the d.rlt.'t nuc I eu of all typ es and 11 i) a ~ean larges t dismeter of 16 .0 11m .t : ~ ~ ~ numbe r! ~ (6 ,258 : 28% of total) ~ Q!.~round ~ Cytological Characteristici : 1 ) a hi gh nUelear /~)" a clear nucle us and 111) a lEIean larges t plasllltc ruto, 11) llI111ete r of 12 .1 UIIl 11 Fo r e xaec t e , a lthough t he SNRproJ e c::U t o the st rlat~tII ; pv e r lap wa s ev iden t. ~he e tae of p roje,c t lona the { [t)lIl p r o j e c ti o n 18 ·re l at iYel y; smalle r. Ot her a!lcendlng t he SNR I nc:lude thoae going [0 .t he paral..8 lllellar z one, ven c rceedt a t , medio dorsal a nd pa r a f as d c::U'l a r nuc le i o f t he t ha la mus , and R: l obul p a ll1d"ua. The de9c'end lnj( p roj ectlollll hf the SIffi t e r mi na t e mostly 1n t he s upe r ior coiUculus , p e dun c:u l op ont l ne nucl eus , pe r laq ued ucta l g ~ey.' an,d re t icu la r roeeec r on. To ~re . ac curately . i den t if y l OC: ~ltl ? n th e of . ni g ra l · neu ron~ , p rojec t ing , t o the supe ro rco1l 1cu lus, thalalllUB and 's t r latu~ (;Ji r~e maj or re c i pi ents of 011(r81 output) Fa ull a nd ttehle r (I978).·lnj ected horseradish . " . Since t he e nz :o' rne 111 t ak e n up pe rox i dase ( HRP) In to the t hr ee le t ter re,q:lonll . by te rllll naill "nd 'lIl subj ect t o ' re trog rad e axo DlIl 'trall9p c> .' :. 'the cell d ist r ibu t ion o f -t he th ree sp ecific effe rent s ye rees c ould . be map.ped . au tho n r eported th~t 1) distinct cell three prC!j ec tiO ns and 11) th e etee n f or each egg r e ge t t cn , i\l'll'l relta t iorl~ sit; o f the ce r t dreeeee es was l ar.lle st lIlesn cell diame te rs SNR. Llls tly '. diffe ren~ Nigrote c ta l ce t is were of medlu. s ile (16 UIlI) and were f ou.nd mainly t n t he ven t ra I part o f t he SNR. cen tral The cha r e c te r te e d each of th e ' N1l:l ro thal8mtc ce lls had the (19 um) a nd were loc ated ' i n the la teral and nig r os'tria t-a! ~e l1; ' lta"d t he cel~ smallest, mdan. dl a m'et er ~ 1 4 Ul1I) an d wer e al mos t e xclusively l ocated i n t he SHe. [~[9 . un c e r tain whethe r " t hes e ce lh co r r e s p ond in IIny way t o those de sc ribed ea r lie r, ba s e d o n the work of POirier e e Ill . (198). ' I n ed dtt lon .to all of t he a bo ve it has been'Yep or t ed by o t he r lIut hon t ha t -t he SN als o pr oj ects t 9 the ce re be ll ulll (Chan -P a lay , 1977 i n Dra y. 1919 ) . amn:da l a ( Fa llon . Rlle y, and Moo r e . 1978 ) and t o rtex (Ave ndan o , Rei n,oso-Sua re t " and LllI llI49 , . ':r,. . 1 9 76 ~ . -, 12 Affe rent Pr o Je c t i on. ~ ~!!!.!.!!. ~!!!. Foll o"ln~ .. t the .t c ro t o llt ODho re c l c adllll n (, t n t Lon of ~RP tn to · the SN Bunn,ey and Aghaj.nhn .( 1976) we r e able t o identify llIou r Cei o f .ff~ r en u co th e SS. The aut hor , p r o jections . ' ca t e!to r lz e d e l~ he r t he den,.(t y o f high a ll' l~~e Mtty a r e a • • l arg e'r SN "a ff e r e nt oa t hwa YII', "hUe . ' . R l o b~ . p•• l lld u~ . lour ce" . f f e ren t of "ull:~e .. t lowe~ d.n.~ty .~ • •" . uggellt ...... 1 1.11' nu.be t o f oroJe c ting tiben are i nvo lve d. caudate nuc l e us , the KiII:h denll t y a re a . Hlgn deru l1 t "y .reu i nc l ude d th e . . . nucleus aeeeeee ee , ce nt ra l ec c t e.., o f t he . alllygda lo i d coapl~x ~nd do ru l r\i Phe ".nu c l e us .. LOll den,lty Ilreaa In e I ud ed t he ' co rt ex (la yer ' S) , h a be nu la a nd hyPo t ha l;t mu• • O~her a ut hou haVe r epo rt ed th a t 't he cerebe ll um ( Snhler , ~ l tt, lind Snide r , Un6 ) : 1 0~ u lJ coeruleus (Sakal , t c ur e e , ' S. l ve r t , tege r , and .l ou ver , 111 1 7) and subt ha lamus (ltanau~a. Ma r~hail, an d 1(0)11y , 1976 ) a la o pro J e~[ ' t o .. t he SR. Table 4 I UllllUr h es 80 lle o f the "tt: u l dff ffr e nt p ro ,lect lon8 3 nJ t he [ u l\Slli t ters be lie ve d to be of re l evance In e . ch o f th es e. ~ Reuro cr a n. .tt ten !!!. !l!.!.. !!! .!!!! !!.!!=.!!. - rollo wl nlt 'm. A v I~ e v arI et y oLpo~e ne r. l nell ro~ran' ,II1[t en h.... ~' been Id en t lf l ed i n t he SR. Thele I nclude SP (P owell , Lee"'", Tre Ke llf , Nia ll, .and Po t u , 111 13 ) ; SK (S hul e, ee d. , t975} i I;ABA (P er ry ; H.!'un , and Klo'l u r ( 19 7) i DA (Ande n , r uxe , It. rlIbe r ge r ', an d Hokfe l t ( 196 6) ; ace ty lcho line ( Chen ey , Le f e vre , ' a nd Ra ca Rnl , . 19 7'5 ) ; se r oto n i n a nd Rl ydn o . ( Dra y _an d S t r" lIRhan, 19 7&) ; e nke p ha U n (I naR:a kl " nd Pare n t , 11I8 4 ); an d d )'no fYIhln (Khac h . eu r! lIfl; Wat l on , Lew19 , Coy , Coldstein , . nd AUI (11182). In ' a r e vi e w, On)' en d St r a uRh. n (1 9 76) l ulftfUr hed t 'he e ffect. o f I O-e ". -- _ 14 followl.nll; t onrccno r e c t c admln ls tredon Lnt o the SN. --CABA. noradrenali ne, produ ced a n d f':lyclne, ...he n ",dmint&ured inh ib it ion ; acetyl choline whe r eas acetylc hol1ne Lnt o t he SN'C. 11 11 el( clteL($..ll", . In th e, SNR a.l~o i n cr e a s ed th e baseline fir i ng r a t e >!of neuton~ W'hile GABA' I and glyci ne i nhi bite d ne u r ons ,' Sero tonin e xci ted a nd i n hi bi t ed" ce ll fi r ing I . I n t ile SNR. Data c:onu rnlnp; the e ffe:cta o f lori tCll ho re t lcally applied SP on . . . I It has .been . reported ', . t ha t .l o n t op ho r e t l ca ll y app lied . ' SP exc I ited ec re tha~5 1: of ce lls ~ ., . , ,I . tested (Wa lke r, Ke~. Yajlm8 . Kl ta ~ awa . and Woodru ff , 1976 ) . ucceve e , . .' . single unit 8ctivtty I n tile SN a re more dlf,;l c ult t o r nrem ee c- Pi nnock.· and Dra y (l982) .c oul d on ly demonstrate :ex ci t a t I o n t n "] 0 to 40 %o f , the ee l Ls they t es ted . . More rec en t r ep or ts ha ve e ith<! r . i~l1ed t hat SP haa no ef fect on te lls s ituated In th e SN ( I nnia et a1., 19 84) or: a t bea t . ve'ry inconsistent and weak Ly C~hase . _and exc1t~.tory t!f f e c ~ , (L, , ' ~horn, O'Donohue . Shul~B , Walters , 1984 ). Jcnee and Olp e (198S )" have hypo t heshed that inh i b i tory r es p onee a f o ll owi ng Lon tcohores ts of SP in va ri ou s area, of t he CNS, I n d ud ~~{Lt.h e . may be due to a SP-depend ent re lease of an in hi bi t or y , ubstance . SN, It ha s a b o be en s ug~ e Fi·t ed th a t SP's exci t a t or y ef fec t!4 mi ll;ht ~e media te d by !lome o t he r exc i tato ry fOl i'ow~n~ t .ran s mi t t er (Davies . , and SP 10nt oph o r e " 18 i n t he SN a re , Dray, p rol ong ed du r a t ion '(tan tho rn ee a l ,.; 1984) . t ~ those 197&). ch~ucter h;cd . " "!" r es p onses by a s lo w ons et a nd These o b>lervat lo ns , in ad d i tion r e ,;:~rdi nl:t th e sca rc ity ~Pre c ep t ora ""?" support Ce llu la r In t he SN (Qu i rton e t t hat spp~ te n t lat e.• t he ele ne of o ther eube r eneee th a t in t urn a {fect rec ep to rs I n the SN ( J ane . a Ol p'! , e r . , 1..9,83) , hav e . 198 5) . fo r . Ot hers ha ve Bug,l(~B te d t ha t --cellular re sp ons es t o 51' a r e l ower tnan II ene ee see;; wi th o the r substa nces po s e1 pi y bec ause SP h a la r ger 1lD1e cul e. an d t he re fo re e xhi bi u a a lo wer ra te of' dH f uaio n (Guyene r I xe c e , ARhajanlan , a nd te e ee n , 1979) • . The eff ec ts o f lon topho r e tically applied SK 01'l"'SN neurons- also s ee m va ria ble, a lt hou gh v~ r y li t tle r e s ear c h has' been done with r e gar d cQ. SK. I nn is' e t 41. ( 1 9 8 ~) r e por t e d tha t SK prod uced e xc It atIon I n a pproX llllate ly 50% o f DAer gt c a nd I no n -O~ rglc S~ ce.l1l1 s8 a1pled ;whe reaa inhi bi to ry r es pons e s Both SNR. an~ SHe n e~ro n8 r es ponded in were r ecorded in on ly J% of cet re , d m.ll ar way s [ 0 SK. ".Th1l l at t er o bse rva tio n do e s " no t agree ~l t k r es u lt s . . . , whi cl'l' lIu8Kest t ha t a cell'i a na-COldes l l oca t i on wi t hi n t he Sit cor r e la t e s ·wi t h" ttl reaponse t o SK (l.antho rn et al. , 1984). r e por ee d to be excited by SK; al though DAer,l(ic. Wit hi n th e SNR Lanthorn The ref or e' , although r e apc nae s , t et Cella i n an ~ 'l!I rou nd the SHC wer ~ ' he-se ce ll s were not belie ve d to be ~ 1 .( 1 98 4) it ca n be r e port e d au~~eated that excita tory a nd i n hi bitor y- e ff e c t s o n SN ne uro ns . in h i bit or y' SK ha s both co ncl u8 ion ~d i ng bo t h --.!.!:!e neuro!,! t ype s af f ec ee d and th eir loca tio n i n t he SN ca n onl y be te n tati ve . -r-te-ne s be e n r e por t e d t ha t DAne ur on s i n the SNCa re de pressed when DA Is i ont o phor e tic all y appf Led (Ruff leux a nd se nu re e , 1980); whereas neu rons , . in th e SNRare bo t h i n hi bite d and ex c ite d by llA ( Dray and'S traugha n , 1976 ) . DAha a bee n r e ge eded 81 ·ha v i ng a cr u cial r o l e i n th e SN. I t has been anown t o re lea s e [ ) H) -GABA fro m ni gr lll sl ices (Re ubi, t ve r een , and J e aa e ll , 1977) , 1983) . "II well e e 1llOdub te GAllA 'a ac t ivi ty i n th e SH (U,!I8Z"cack a nd Wal ters , Pe r h~ps 1llOst, i lllpor t ant l y i t hu . de ndri tes i n t he . h ~lXl th88 1zed SN. bee n .sh own t ha t DA 18 r eleased by . Thi a r ele a se fr OID n o n -ter min a l eerucecree has bee n I to have 8 number ~f pos s i ble f unctio ns , t he IjIOs t i n tr i gui ng ..of whi ch ar e a ut o -inhl h1t {on and l a t era l inhi bi tion o f SNC l:e lla tha t pr oject to j , re the striatum ( Che r a my. r Leviet, and Glo wi n a k t , 198 1) . Gef fen, Je aee t t , Cue llo , a nd ~ ver8e'" (1 9 76l have aho sug gested th at dendr[[ t.c:re lease of DAIn t he SN may' tlaVe a rOl e:~:_lIY in the co ntrol c.f r e ge ne r a e tv e spr ouC,ln/{ and th~ es tab l ishme n t of new .~ses. - -.--- , . Tur ning produ ced .by the stlnwllltion or Lee ton to g o f vnrlOll s "braln ette e has beerr-e-eper ued over the c?urse o f 1llOre than SO year s , I ngr a m, Ranso n . a nd Hannett (193,2) r.e l;>Ot't e d 't he Ipsiversi ve turnhlg o f head lind t r un k In t he ca t ' fo l l o wlr lg the e l e c tric.."l s ti mula t io n o f t he t egmentum d or sal a nd r ae eee r t o th e re d nu c!eus . I ~Sl ve ra fve-turnlng ha s at s o' be en r e ported follo wing 'el t he r th e removal of t he "head of th e ,caudat e nucle ua or the gl obut'l pallldu8 ( Met t l e r 81ld ·Me tth-.: . 1942 ). A large number o f other stru cture s have be en i mplica t e d , a t o ne er se or o th er , ' in t urning o r circling behs vior: t hes e i nclude th e subs tantia nig ra (Anden , "- Dal ~9t:rom, FUll!, and ter e s on , 1966) ; velltra l te gmental area ( Holm'e,' and Wise , 1985 ) ; nuc le u e s ccumbens 197~); Patino , W"ight, (Kelly 'a nd Hoar e , thalamu. ( Garc i a - Muno z , and Arbuthnott , 198 3): pee re qc ed uc t e l gre y ( Re a v i ll, Muacstt , t.ei Rh, Jenner, and Marsden , 1984) ; eup ert'or eoj.Lt ec l u s , re ti cu lar f ormation (DiCh illrll , Morelli , t epec a ee , and Por c eddu, 1982 ): red nucle us ( Hus ae r'l. 19)4); and zon a incertll ( Heas , 1956 ) , Bas e d e n t he 'tesearch tools used, s[udi u concerned with circling o~ t urning behavior can -be divi ded int~ two ce tego r t .ee , includes thO:~ electrolytic studies 'bu s d on' methods which lesions , or The fi rat c,fego r y de~tr\lY tl~lue (exttrp,t'lon , ~ hem i c a l le~ionl ) ; ' wh ite the 8el:ond category 11 . . in c lude' thol e ttud le. "hl e h Inv olve (e1 e c tr tc d . cu d l e·i - . the d ire ct o r i::h e"'i c .l tt l .. llt lo n) . "l ~ l fOl"'l~. . t l lal la t l on of br a i n [ b lue A brief l oo k .lit the re lutu o f .o-e 'l . It I bauld be nj)te d ' .t eMs p oi nt ch at I d ist l nct,l on 1, u s uol1ol. y IUde ' bet veen t urni ng 4n.d - drc Ung . beh,v lon. ( roUt i ng ) " Turni ng Invo lves p08 t ura l de vh t"lon a ll' bb. , wbe re:aRi' cl rcUn.lj: t )? l c a U .y ,I nvolv e ; full ) 60-. del(~e:e ~o tatl ~n • • ~ !!.!!.!!.~Th e De .t ru C[I!~~~ Th~ fl n t . t~d; t o t "" l i ca t e a IIl1ec1f ic .p athw,~ I n t ur ninK behav i or . w.. tha t o f And ll!nte. 81 . ( 1966) . ' oJ"" UslnR e lec t ro ~')' t IC l elJ10ns a t the l e ve l "of' t he 1U1lIl1!l1r)' bod t eR t h e ln y:e stlg.ton wer e ab le t o p roduce un ilateral d. nage to ' DA p . th "I)" tf8vell~ng in t he e r u. ee re~rl. of dU fe re nt drug. ! f o t1 ow t~ Ih1f Sy, i:lI!lll1c ~d lll1n t~ tra tlon th e la tte r elCPerl _enta l IlllIni!" ulatlo n wa, fou nd t o affec t t he d i re c ti on of t!J rn l~K ' For. e xa~ le . in J ~ eclo n, of I -DOPA. a ', ... p recurs or , In· co~blnat lon ..,l th 4 lI.~noa .. rn e oxida5e inhibito r p r oduce d ' a t UE"nlnp: of the he ad The .~d t a U a utbo n · cO"-o;l u de d ellPe E"l-ent a l _nlpu la t lons . of OA ln th e . III t E" t.tu llI. towa ;d9 the les ioned ', l d e that (tp' l~e~l;e tun, l nJl;). r be • .,y~ t rte . , ? b, e E"ved we fe ,P t"I!!I~b ly fo llowing t'he d ue . t o an effect on the f unc t 19n . ' a nd t hl t lel .1on" o f th e nlg ro. t E"laul p a t hwly , ve ee u 9P onel bl e ' f o E" th Ol e aI~ t de • • . '. Sl nce ttl, nlg E"oa tE"l a u l pattl".y w. . p E"e'u l1led to play a r ete 'I n\ . , ' .c1reUn~ behavloE" . · l u buqu e nt s t ud ! e!i ~y, ' o t,heE" lnve"lt lg At'oE"S co nf1 r Ol.nd add to t h e data p r evf ded bY,Anden e t 'I'I1:C 1966). "t~e"" t'ed The dOPll~l,;!rgle n. t u r e o L t h e nlp: r ollttl u al ". thway ( Dl1hl t ro l1l . nd Fuu , 1964) .4110"',d fOE" t he oae of OIon 1!,,,"'c I U e ' to l edonl ng teehn l~ lIU ". " n. ..e l )' the use of 6- .: h yd roxyd op.8mlne (6 ':OHOA). 6-0HDA h&9 c atec:bo lam ine rJl:il:\ neuro ns .lihen I nje cted been a h ovn I nt o . t he br a tn. destroy Therefore. it 9 adlll ni~'it rat to n tn cc -rh e pa;~ ~o"" "ct .. ·o f t~~ .~ ,:! b" t·lJ n't l l1l 'ligr.. . lihe re 'DA ~e l l bodi es a re located , en ab le d ~ h e.. apec t f Le dee t r u ccton of na -e e t te • Thto ugh t he UI~e o f 6-0HDA ~esl o~9 Un¢ers te dt a nd Arbu thn ot t ( 1970) , s howed t ha t ce t r e e e eat d'allla Ke niS t" ( plirA when d,h t c:~",,~c(8) t O DA-c:tln ta lnl~g ce l1 ~ub9 t ant la bod i es o f th e ~ea1oned ca u'ied 'a n illlals t o"'c irel e towards th e i r u rbed Ify ha nd .l i n" · or whe n inj~ cted with d-a~ het~lIIin'e : , i d'! The aU~ ho t9 h Yllo t llesh: e'd t hat , s uc h lus lve rstve c:t t' C11~ ml J(lit be du e to aDA t,llI.h;tlanc:e . ,' , \ • be t lleen , t ne l e f t . and rl ll:ht ,s t r ta ta. Thill explanation sUJJge!lt ed that t~e .. , I n[ a,ct .. nc n-Ies t cn e d a i de c ont ain; d mor a DAth ah t,h~' i o n~d s i de 90 .t ha t the . i nfl ue n c e of t he I nne rvated s t r·lac:u"". "cve rp cve r ed " that o f t he de netv; te' d s lde , th u ~ resul ting 1n • However , anillla~ wi ll Cic1eto~~rdS ~t clrcl1ng b ias . It a l thou l{h. th l~ . , " trad lt 10nal vl'!w h aa ma lnt a i.ned th at . lin th e 6-0H.DA-le SI 0Iled " tde : t t w~ ~eported~~ A.nd. en d . (1 966) , nd llnge r s c ed t (,.197Ll th a t th e dir e c t i on o f cl r c llnll; wall a 18 0 a f unet1 00 o f ~ ~ all10unt o f ti me t h at had e la paed between the da y of tHe , 1\!lIi on .- '- . and th e l;es t s es Lcn, FoS' e xa nc Ie , Andl' n and his t olle al!:uea OOPAsc)llIetlllles elic l t ad ' tu r nl nK ecnt revere t ve t o ~he r ep o rte~ thRt 1- l e ; l on...a.J..Le ( a'way fr olll.. 8uperiens i~lvlty . we'll-document e d i n th e Ie e t cn ed '::ide) . Th e cc nc ep t 'of 0 . . · · . _ _ ~ t u dl e s of the p e r Ie he r a L ne r v oue 8~ te ra WIUI us e d t o . eX'lll atn Iiuch c:t r cllnli: b~havtot' • .It wa 9 r euone d 't1'la t t he lac k of 00\a o t 101\0 n s trta t l'.l recep t o r.' on t he le e Lc ned e Ide c e ue e d " t r hi t .. I t Ias ue .t o ee coee eeee " ' sh own that the n umber of OA r e ee tors und tr (C re e8 e ~ 'lurt, 8 n.l Sny de r , ' 8 ~ n ' ~ t lve . woul d o o r lll811y be t he c II" e wer e t he s t r la ' 1lI1nne rv a ted . 77). It uc~ wOul,t to DA t han I It was lIub'lI;e qu e nt l y clrcu~tances f ollow the n 1n c ru tel th a t . ,lIn y ..... '. 't " 19 adllll nh'tutlon of DA or DAn rec cre c r s wou ld have a Hronge r()ef fect on t he (, , der.e rva ted ~ trlat uill . {/nll;er.sted t (197 1) ~ ound ~ 1iat 01\ tet' mlnlll& lost ene rr co n t e nt s 24 ee" . ·48· hou n foll.ow in~ t he~m i n i !l t,ra t ion of 6-0HDA. A period o f w.:eks fo llowed durln~ · ....hi ch the s ens l~ ivlt y of lIt ria u l e t eece t o DA' and OA agonists ·l nc r ea s e d . Unge rst~dt ' r epo r t e d , admilli s t ratl:~n . of , spomorp-hine . . ~ont ravers ~v~ c1rcl1n~ l f Ol low lng the a nd , [-DOPA. Addltional e vt dence .. that ' , ." co ~tt~l'atersl clrcUng Willi due t o supe rsensitlve ."D~ecepto rs ln t he . , Lps'i ~a t e nl '~~~ ulll , -'. 7118 , '. . - cllme 'fr olll th 'e' ' . .. fll~t , , " st'r~um t ha t when th e ipsJ lateral ' . ' \: . ~ la,c~ ~o lytiCl' lly cosguL:.c ed f<JlloWi nlt. the ' 6- 0HDA 1.ea..iO~OW " " .Of . apo1flor;phine had . no e{fect on' ci rcling . , " , e cne ee e ne t e r ve ' s' t ~ ~ a u.l {e ceP to r e t te s Once t he r o l e o f t he SN in cl .r ese a r ch. e ff or t s ~ basts o f c ~ r c li, nll: beh a vior wer e direc ted t o.,;4. tds II Lurt'her behav i o r . i~ pathways an d areas . the the-poRliibility tha t t h e y oo9t~'yn~Ptic r c l1 ~ ' otentially , . eU mi na~ed Dli,:r:ht , be st imulated bf : in th i s case ; a . The de struction o f DA wa~ all;oni~t .. fi rm.ly established e l~boration n~u ~al of t he Efforts were ma de to ldent ify othe r i~ ortan t br~ai'~~~'hat are i nvo lv e d ln ci rcling behav io r . ('~9H) blo~ked the r'o tation ~hich fo'llowed Harshal l -and Ungerstedt u nilater~i'6-0HDA l e s i ons of 'the ni gros tr i atal e ys tea by using s eleCt ; ve i"y p la~knl,fe-cuu. " They ,r epo r t ed th,,!t cutting "triatal eff~rents t o the s~blt.nH. n.1R: ~,a ~h'ieh tr!'l "el :- -: p a r t ' of the •• ' . . The ,:r ole "tif • i i n the inte rnal c.p~le , :s tr htu_~ . bl,ocke~ c,i,r ciinR . . or dest r~ying • a ma j or " ttie ·' ,it t'l~to~~ gral p ro jection discussed a bove 19 no t ·. . ', " C~q:J1'et;IY u'l'ld ~ r? t o,Od . A nua ber of ' . .t~ve!ltlg~ to rs have··~ug~ ested /' ' that the , --!!.ria t,onl,IC ral p r~jeci t ion se r ves ' all a fe edback' lOop', .and i n t his wa y provides " -:;:.... D~ eerte in t he SNC' Wl~~,',informatiOI'l t ha,t , .f~eetl DA t\lrnt?ver·iar~eiy in t he ' . 20 ipsilate ral strlat ul'il. A second IfrOUP of Inve'tlg&t() fs bas 9holin s t r la t o n l gr a l p r'a"Jec tlon wh i c h is "l1I\HAet'!tl c ca r r ies "trlatal ~utPut o " ( 1 .e . ~all\mU8 . 9u~er lor <:0111 c \l I\18 8. ro the ds ttl ("'''~. SNR.• • In t h is ceae the SNR could act 8S a r e l a y at at io n tha t m eff er ents t o o t h e r ar eas \ th st aLld 're~tcu~:r fo rlllation ) , and , I n t h ls way, may itself af fec t ci re ll i'll/; behavior. 1'\1e f llct that little change 11'1 DA meta bo l i s JII r e ..u l t s frOID r he unil ate r al trsl'll!ectlol'i ""-",_ th. ".,. ,,,« , ,. '"' Iw,y , whll' et. tho "~me tim, Ip",,,,,I., .'"llm, [, elicited; SUP'~~8 bru. dew (Garc.ia-Mu~z e t al • • 1911). -. • "" Whl.1~he n l gr o s t riatal pathwa~ 18 invo lved 1" , eue .... inK . t he full cit'cling r~nse 'ln vo l';e ~ o t her ' e eeceeeeee lIS .~ ll ; t heae . ~ n.du de the mes o limbIc DA system, n';cle ua ","ccu,.bena, vr ntromadial t,h.11al!lus , superior cct t r cc t c s , and reti cular :.~' has conditions ar~ fo r~ tlon . be e n sugltes.ted " pOst ural while I118 gnU 'u,de <If the {e ve' l ·c~ C'l1ng .< (a fo re brain 's t r uct ure s e nd s eHere~ts to ( e u nlnR) a nd 9 ta~ e o f a of Io cceo co e s t l lllu l at io n ' bil~ter:a l delltrl.1 ct i?~ will determ ine the ?f the nucle us ac cumJens that e e e e t ve s DA pro)ectlo ns f(' om. the VTA a nd .t hll t t he 'S N) in unllate ra Uy les ioned 6-0HDA'a nlmalll reduced";;- ' co lD p l e t e t y abolished Unilateral. l e s i o ns r e s po n s e s . :The a s yrnme t ry The ~ !l} ur al bia s <l e r lll1ne a the direction of i ncrea sed t ccoec ec e a c h1t:y. J:ircllng th~t c l r c,l.l ng can be elicited whe ll ' t "'" " ~ a t h f,l e d : any ' c ir cling, pr eviou s l y e licited of the nec Leus a cc u~b e n ll did not by 8.RO~.1l1 tll . DA af f e c t etrc l1n il: Kell y and MQore (1976) r ep;s rded this.ils suppo r t ' fo r t he ar gurae n t that.llct(vlt y in the niRros tTla tjl l DA 's ys t e m dete rmines t he d irec t io n o f cl rc lt~g wher e~s ac tiv ity m~.'ln l tude of clrcllng see n . If.Ollle tll11es. : " ~r red " to sS jthe i n , t he ' m.esollmb l'c DA system de t erlll .ln:s t he, Thll ltne of r e s so ni n p; ts two-c~lDponent .on e componen t, the SN., \ system , \" embodied j n IIhl. t 11. . ~ , ' 21 / ee e rt . an e ff e ct o n c he le t 1. t i l DA bala nce . nd pr o du te ' "t u r nhllh whe r e a s t he o t he r co. pon e n t 'e xe r t • .lin eff ec t 0 " -t he le ve l of t e eeee t e e ac t i v i ty ( Pycoc k and Kat ade n . 19 78) . I y'u" f uncc!o na ll y dll tin c t a nd I n t he Slf th a t was -"llude d t o e a r j.re e , h11 co i leaRues h4v e pr o posed oel ghe re. I n t he DAer Blc s ya tem , th a l a lllUlI , S N~ It ha. th8 t ". nl gul e ff e re n t DiChia ra sy llt e.. be.e n de l:JOllstrat ed t hU . t he npe l' lo t e o l Lt ee l u s , grey , an d r e t ic ul a r fo rlU c io n a Ll r e c e i ve i nput o r i gina te I n the SNR ( 8e; ks tell d e t al . , 19 7?) . DiCh ia ra e t 11 .(1977) firs t kat nic .-=l d ( a neu ro to dc r e port~d the adlll nl ~tr .t10n tha t ra t l were g iven bl h. te ral 6 - 0 HDA - . . Itai ni .c acid ' . le s t on o f t he le~ lonl \ '" • no n-DA ' IYl t e ( '.III,. . c~rci i ng SNR•. t he-'tu nt r a ve u h e I nv o h ed . l i n ce . '6 -oH~A ha d . . int tta lly e lic I te d by?'t ka I n l c acid lu ton . ,. The 6-oH DA"rh'io n. l o wered n iR r al Thh ~ eff~ct . . wh1 ch fi rst s ug ges ted t ha t .. on t he cirel i ng , tYTO l1 ne .hYdrOlYI~le ,c tivlt y (t h e ra-te - 1111.1 t l ng s te p I n t he bio , 'Yllt he al l of Cl " <a. ' , - " ld ... .. When o f t he SNe fo llo wing a un ila t e r a l a ppe a r e d fo llow t ng t he Ital n l c.....-cld 1e "1 ;;n pe rl h t ed . 110 of m al a g of g luullII.u ) I n t o th e SN r,es u lted In con t r l ve r . l ve c i r c l i ng ( i;:.oHn A l e l l o n l pro d uce t ptlv e ul ve tur n i ng ). ') t ~ tl f unc tion . I n a IIl4nlle r oPpol t te to t he nl gro llt r h u l pe r l a c~ lIe d u c t a l f ro lll c: e ll~ . t ha t DA) by mor e than 8!1 pe r c en t' : "'boxj..•,~ I~HY !<a""'t l~C'BA .,"' h..'.). ho~"" va. no t, a ff e c t ed. The . t e .u l t s l ug gea t e d , t-ha t GABA may pla y ,n hlpo r t , n t t ell e ..! n t hh parti c u l a r SN a ya t e m, which ill fun ct -lon a ll y o p posed t o th e r o l ~ - of 1he DAer gic 'n l g r oat rh ta l 8y~ te·~. I t ha l ,bee,n ge net a ll y accep t ed t ha t e xel t. tio n o f the nl gr o_ t r t at a l pat hv a,r pr o du ce •. cOIlt.ra ve rs tv e c lrcli~ p; . 1111l1la r f or" o f co nt u vl n l vl circ li n g c', n bl! e Ucited .. by t hl A d, st r uc t lo n o f ~ 22 cr e euced n l gTal GAflAergl c e ff e r e n t pat hway ( OIChh ra ee II " ( 917) . Th ill G~Aer 8 lc pathW6y Is beli ev e d to s tr o nj{l y I n h i b it ac t iv i t y In o t her Ilr~IIB r~~ 1Ylng the ~roj~ctlon (e~ • • ve nt ro med ia l nucleus of the t ba l aeua (V HT» . O~e h Y ~\~h; sl S t est ed by Carcla-Hu nu z e t a l. ( 198)) wa s t hat , if t he VHT ha ~ nn e)(C lta tor ~ i nfluence on other a t e a s (co r t e ll: ? ~ . an d wu no rma lly I n hibtted by th e GABAerg l c project io n I n ques tio n, then des t r ue r ton of t he lps llat.U·lll WIT J . s hou ld dta sti cal l y red uce the IIlllOun t of cuntr ala tera l c l r c U n g s e en when- " an i mals ser e adminis t er e d apo1llO r ph ine systemica l ly fo llo wing u nl l11te r a.L..6- . OHDA lesions of t he n l g r~8 t rta t~ 1 pa thway . The hypo [ heS, 1~ . wIl9 cc nf t r ae d , Additio nal t est s of t hi s SNll. rmdel hav e been ca rrie d ou t, ",gain the idea be in g that if o ne remo ~es ' t he i nhibi t ory Un~ -pr e vtde d " by t h. SNR e ff e rent systelll (dlsl nhlb lt 10n), co n eeeve r s tv e c 1rc ling r e e u tt s ; whe r ea s t he Y d e s t r uct lon of GABA-T e c lple n t a r eas 1011 11 r educe res u l tl ng 1n Lpa f ve r a Ive c t r c Lt ng , to spec l f lcally l e s l o n a r e as for matio n s 1~n lflc.a n t In no rllllli tend e ncy r ats o to of 'th ese c:1rc:le th~lr exc tt e co r y o u t put , DiChiara e t a t , ( 1982) u sed \(aln l~ 'u: l d t he s~pe rl .,r co Ll lc:u Lue a nd ret i c uillt ltro upS of ~pslve rs lve ly ..adQli n lst ra t lo n o f l QWdo lies of e pc ecr pntne , a nifllBh ell f o llo wi ng e l[ pre~ee d the a sy lltelllic The sl! H ille l es l on s re duc:ed t he SlIIO u nt of ccnt re vee erve c:l'r c l1 ~ g whe n an lma18 wer e admin lste red apo morph ln e fo l lowl n.'l u nllat er al to 6 -~ HDA l e 810ns of t he r o e rr e l SN ( wl\e r e t he strl &tu lII conve r ge prio r t o pro jec ting to n l~ ra l eff e renu th e Ilt r l a t ulII) . On t he ba d!' of all tl) e e ltp e r..lme nt a l res u lt'! dhcu!l!ieda ooYe lt ca n be co ncl Ud: d tha t, at l.e u s t t wo d lltlnct 8yst elll; ea t s t In t he SN~ and t..ha t bo t h of th ese ar e l nvo l Yed ln cl rc llng (Starr , Su mmer hayes. and Ktl [latt1c: \(, 198 3) . 1I0wey e r . t he Ill8jor it y o f the et udl es di llcuue d 1I0 fa r have us ed v:",rlo us for flll of SN l eli lonll t o a tfe c't c rr c t rng ' ~ e h s Y l o r . The fo p~...ln g a ub eec t r cn ..,111 23 lnc l ude s t u-d iu de dlnJt wit h d i r e c t e t t .. u h el o n o f SN ne yro ns . ~l!!!!.!. Arbu t h nott Slid Crn v (1 9 71) repo rte d [ Mt elec t l"lc:a1 atLlIIUla tlo n of th e _dLa l 8ub u a n t la ni gr a pr Qduc ed ce n ereve ea t ve ci rcl i ng . Frankl in ( 1982) llleuured c ir c l i ng . rel pons e a va e ea e rec and fo l lo wlJ\Jt t he , unilate ral el e c trlc~l 6t 1)l\I18 t l on o f t he SNC and r e por t ed [ t u lu th a t sdgges te d t he ee t e ee ec e o f. a f unctional ,dif fe r e nce be,tWeen t he l at er a "- and Illedh l _SNCe..__. _ . Con t rav e n l ve c1 ~dl nJl; r esul t e d frolll 8t illlu la ~lng th e llIed l al SHe, whe r ea!J Ip d vera1ve c l rc l1ng l".fsulted fr olll s tllll u la tl ng th e ht.e r a l SNe. wi.. e ( 198 5), ul l ng a . I n'W)~u ble ~e c trode Gra t to n a nd t o stillulate, var i ou s r egi on s o f t he 5N 110 ng t he dur.o_t nr r.l pl ane cou l d not r e produc e Vl c e ar ioo ', and Franklin' , resu lt. . One po • • i bl e e xplanat i on f or t hi _ III ,. · be tha t t he l ate ul Itll11u la t ion sl te lS r e po7 t e d by Gra tto n a nd Wh e ( 198$) were no t e s l a te r a l . s thole repor te d by Vlccl rino an d FranltU n (982) ( Frlnkl1 n , pe r lonal .. co l:llllun l c. tlo n) , Al tho ugh th e co n te n t io n t hat bo th i pslvu slve an d c o n t r ave rl iv e . circli ng -can be e l1 c1 te d , depe nd i ng o n whicb SNC t e g l on_! l1 lIthul a t e d , ltas no t · bee n fu l l y con fl r M d , t he e lic i ta t i on of con tr l ~ e n1ve clr cllng f o ll ow ln ~ t he e te c er t cat 8 t l . u18 t l on o f t he SN I n gene ral h.. been widely a cce pte d . ,A l e r ge nUlllbe r ot o ·ther, stud i es hiv e I n vol ve d t he us..!! of d i'l"ect che llli cal stimulation . Wher eas e l e c t r i c a l 8tlmu ht~ on e xc r eee all t y pe s o f . neurona , Chi!!lIIlcal I tllllula t t ;;n technique gi ves t he In ve lt l gl t or . t ~e o.pt lo n ot s t l lllU l a t l ng a dlltlnct t ype of c e ll within a b rier ne ur onal po pulation . . . . As dlll cribed el..rllu , a large nUlllbe r o f po t entia l ne ur o t ra ns mi tter. _ and /or neuro11lOdui a tora are found 1n the SN. The li st incl udes SP, SK, 'CABA, DA. no re pi ne p hr i ne , enkepha l in, ,d yno r phi n , a ce t y l cbo Hne , glutalMlte . $nd serotonin . Table S sUllItllllrtzes the ef f ee t s some ,?f the se hav e been . reported t o have on circling b e havi o r vhen adminlstered i n tr an l gr a lly. The da ta sh own in Table S can f i nd i n g s dt s cue eed ear li er be expla ined . if one makes uae of (p o 2 1) , which 8ugge llt t ha t two fu nCl;i'Hlally opposed s ys t e ms a r e present in the SN ~ One systelll i n ~ lu d e ll those DA ce ~1s , ' t hs t a~ e pr e se nt 1n t he SHe and that make u p the n 1p;r o str lat al pr oj e ct i on ; wheteas t he other sys tem i nclude s 't ho s e CABA ce lls t hat are pre se nt i n ·t he SNR and that pecjeee to te t1 cu l ar ( ormation . t he ventro!ll!dlal tha l amua . superio r colli culu5, a n, In t he ca lle of tha former Ilyllt e m, intr anigta I -~ admin is tClttions of drugs t ha t unilaterally excite thiS DAsystelll p reaumabl Incr ee se illlpulae fl ow along the nigrostriatal pa t hwa y. , As s con8equen~e of this incr e ased ,neuronal ou t pu t , DA l e ve ls Inc reas e in , t he ipaU a t e ral str iatu;' and co n travers l.ve c i r c ling results ( J llrnes a nd Starr , 1979). is Oile hypothe sized IIIOde of aetion fo~ lllOrphi ne , dYnorphi n , a nd lDe t-en ~ephal1~ . seen t hat . unUateral l:hia ' su bstances such ss SP, DA, IImphe t ami ne . L1s i ng similar r.e8 son in ~ . it can be in tran igral adlllinistra tions of impulse _flOW slang the nigrostr ia tal pa~hway dr ug s tha t ln h i b.it e.l t c t t tpsiversive7c ling ( i .e . ap .ororphine) . W1th r eepect to th e CABAergic syste .. dtURS tha t t ncr ee ee the ou tput , of ·C.ABA cells i n t he SNR ( thereby I ner ea e t ng t he inhib itory ventromed l a l '{ ha lam ua , s uper i or ec Lj Ie uj us , snd reti<:.u la r ipsi vera1ve d ; t i ng (e .g . ":I !' picr~tox1n); wh ile those ou t pu~ fo rmat lo ~) dr':'g~ to the e licit t ha t r edu c e t he out pu t oL~C"'A cell s orig ina t ing ' in the ,SNR elic it cont~av.u ive cit"c ltnlt ( e.g. GADA a nd muacimol) . \- /' '" " -4 ~ . - - ! ~ -~ . . ., I= - : s , I ~ i ~ ~I -, -, ~ j w § '.r : ~ 0 ~ ; !- 1! S : -: .. ! ~ c ~ ~~ ; u ~ -~ ~ . ~ u ~ ~ ~ ~ .';; ;!; , ~ . ~ 1! ~ .§ ~ ~ ~ ,= ~ ~I ~: ~ ~ I ~ ~ ~ ~~ § ~ 8 s 8''§ ! 8 7 -~ ~ ~ ::; ::; w ~ ~ c ~ .\ 1 . . w ~I ~ § -=i'-~,l-~ §I ~ 8 8 s S S ~ - ~ ~ , E ~I ~ . ~ ~ ~& ~ ~ I8 i ~ ' :t' ; 1 e- I ~ r i. i l; c f lil ~ . § ~ ~ ~ ("). II . Al<~U'h SNR r e j eec r c ne c SP ha ve been h;PO<h" '''d ~. impu lse f low along the nf.groe t r I at a I pa th way , SF' s prec r s e mode of e e t t o n not kno wn. hypc t he sd aed , As ment io ned a nd immu,norea ct l v tt y t o in e a r li er addi tion, both , SP and var ious t he tl\chy klnln SNR has bee" recep to rs shown SKI a ntiseu , ( S hUl t s et con sideration o f t he above , in co nJ~nI~ tlon with ~he tact t h ~t eo exh l t,l t 81 . ,1985) . SJ( {!'I ar e A hal a l re ady been shown to be to times mor e pot en t t han SP Ul l!ltd t l nR certain beha vioral ! . ~ r e ~ ~.n 8 e s ( Ka~ iv llS ,. Deut'ch , Ha ggi o, Han tyh, and Roth, 1985) has l e d of i nvea tlii:stors t o .,e xpr ess r e s er v e previo u'!" repo~ ts on t~e eff ects o f SP ,a d llli nls t r A¥ o n li. .e ucf re servat ions , r e s t s o n th e 1\ number conCerning ' .t he · l n t e r pr e t a t lo n of po ssibili ty The rea8 on t.Og beh ind th at effec ts ca use d.. by SP inje ct ions mig ht be due t o the 8 ctJvat lon of recepto rs whos e aHin ity'migh t s t Ll l be hig hest for ot her eubet.ance e , t , e , SK or NK. (Innis , Andrade, a nd AghajaRian, ,1985) . ae eeer c b s U81lesting tha t dU f erent tachykinin r ecepto rs ed s t a n d t ha t each may be d ifferen tially se nsi ti ve to a number o f tac hy klnl ns can help E'ltplain ce r t a i n puz:dtng r e sul t s . For example, wben cne compa res publis he d desc,r1~ti~ns of the dht ribut lon o f ~e c e pto r bindIng slt)S wlth desCr lp[ i.~ns o f the dist r i butions of cellular i 1Uluno reactivlty to SP a nd SK, st rik i ng diffe rences ar e noted~ espec ia lly wi lJl respe ct to n i gr a . t he "ou b s ta nt i a Although t he SN r ec e i ve s a dens,e SP inne r vatio n f ro .1ll the s triatum , few SP r e ce pt o r s have been loca ted In the SN ( Quirion e t 80 1., 1983) ; whe rell. SK bi ndin g dtl's have been vi~ullli z:ed i n t hi s 'area ( Kant yh e t a t , , 1984) . posalbiHty "thet.efore exl,a ts t ha t so me pa thwa ys Th e cOJ'ltain lng SP may al s o contai n SK; a nd t ha t behllvior,epo~ ted r o -be due to SP Illillh t . also,l nvolve S K {eg , c i rc ling be ha vi o r ). In n is e t a l.( 198 5) have ope culat e d , fol l olOtlnll:t he d taceve ry of SK recep to r li te s in th e SN, t hat SP e ffect8 in t h 18 r egi o n lIU1y 27 have bee n due: to SP _e t l a n o n : 1) Ip. ~. e bu t e d . t i ng SP re ces ec e e , or , ti ).bund,n t , bu t SK- prefe r r l ng r e c e pt or . t h,a t . ho .. SOllie a f ti n l ty fo r SP. An e x pe r t_n u l . ,del th3t lIlay be u led t o te at the h ypo t heRb t ha t SK ~.n dIc it behavior al re spon l es sl.. 11 ar c {r t H OR or rot a tion .o del. to' tho a e eU c1 t e d by SP 11 t he It has bee n aholol'flthat IIl cr o l nj e c t l o ns o f SP I n the 'SN R eli d e .e1 r c U ng .co ncn ver sive t o the d te o ~ inj ection (Ol pe a nd Koelll, 1977; 1un and Sta r r, 1919) . It "I • • t her ef ore of ln t er e ~ t I n th e pr e s ent .st udy to 'f11 1 cr O i n ~ e c t ~K "l n t r a ni llr a lly a nd compar e J.tl eff e cts t o t ho l e o btai ned wit h SP i n j e c t i o ns . Suc h a n expe r i me nt a l manlp ulatlo.n 1 8 'de ac r t be d below. ~ ~~~~ng One hun dred an d twel ve ea I e weighi ng betwe e n 2) 0 an d J::i0g were . (Que bec) . " Upon th eir Arr iv al a t . t he r at l or the Spra gu e - Dawle y tt r .. !n purc ha .ed fro ll. Charles River l aboutor r I niu b were Inc . . randolR1 y div id ed into-'troup l o f three o r f ou r ,- ~nd hou l ed I n a t ra n sp a; e nt plexlgl•• ~'gl!. (44 ~1lI)( 2) c m ll: 2) CIlI) . Food a nd wa ter were .. v ~ ll.b le a t .11 tl mea . . In . . dd i tio n , t he Up;ht cycle In t he an illlBl{te.tlnp; r oo fllwas ee ve e eee (Ugh t a o n a t 21 : 00 hr. a nd off a t 09 :00 hre) , and t he t emper a tu r e "1'19 mainta i ned a t 20 degreea Cels ! u• • Anima ls were give n II minimu lIIof f iv e daya to adap t. to the i r · ne w llvl1'!'8 qu arte rs. Thta pe riod e na bled t hlllll t o adjus t t o t he r e ve r . e d ll ght fd ar k e ycie a nd t o eeeevee f rolll a ny _rru.ea . ..oe l ated wit h thei r .' 28 tr an .port . tollo wln g t he a4. pu r lo n pertod so. of r I ca were t e ' U d f or a ~r o up . na t ur a l circling btl . , ell:pr ea led .. .. te nden cy t o ele ele prefe'u !TlUI'Uy I n I par t lC!ula r d irection . t o the . cr ee n l ng tes t each rat " • • On t he day prio r handled .f o r a pe ri od o f fi ve .. I n ur e s a t t he flnd o f which I t wal pla t ed In a cyl1nde r""130 nl n . } t ha t Wot part of the apparat ul \Iud t o quan tify c1 rc l l.np: behav io r ( de ec e t be d below). The t at t e,r was cs r r led eue dudng t he dar k put g'f th e Hghe / dar k. cyc l e, as wer e a ll o t her On t -he eceeenteg te st d.y e ac h te .~-r el~ ted an~lILI l proceduru.:.....:... 11'8 ' gt ven a . ~ b~ut. neoul Inject'lon of d-alllph e t alli ne ( Illig /kg) ZO 1II1nutn prior t o being t e .te d f o r a . . -etn:llng bia .. D-a liphe Ul.ln e has lu pe ak e ff ec t 20 mi n u t es follO lll ng ltl subcutaneou s a dllll nittr a tio n ( Nt \/hi te, pe nona l eo-.. n lc. tlo n ). fo ll o ~ ln g th is 20 . l nu te tn tervd t he ' n l lU l va s ·pla ced In the c t r cl l ng . pp. u t .. . . And "l t he lllagni tude and dtr e ~t i oo of c1 r ~!!g o ver a io . t nut!! period va l r e·co r ded. Earl i er work . ug gu te d th a t be t .:e en 20 and 25% of a ni_I. v i t h i n an y g r oup v~l1 s how a lla r ke d t end en c y to cl r c l e "re pe _ t e d ~ y tn ' o ne dl rec:tion v hen ad lllini. t er ed .. \ gr~u p o f 10101da l e o f d -a ll.phe ulI. l ne . j.n o r der t o I c r een f)u t t htl l a U e r an t_l_ , and ye t ret a tn a l ar ge e no ugh a,..pl e t e sti ng", a cr r ce r r en of 15 ·t ur n s vas ad opted . C allo v for aubleq ue; t . That Is, if an ao 11l>8 1' , cUlllU la tl ve numbe r of tu rns was bi as ed I n one d l re cHo n by IQO re t han U t u rn . thi s a n i ma l was no t in eluded t n the ex pe r Ieen e , CertaIn s u bgro u p s o ( a nlllla ta wer e no t ecree ne d f or c"lreltng b ls.s e s e t nce I t Val pr e s umed a t t he the t hat a s ubcut aneous a dllInls t rat lo n of a 10 ,:"dose o f d -alllphetaliine ~ d ' no t by Itself e li ci t c1r cllng . · , . " PriO!:, to 8Urj;:er y e a c h a ni mal wa s ve tg bed a nd anaes thetized us i ng sodium pe nt o bar bi t al (SOmnoto 1, 60 IlIg/kg). t he when r e qui re d . smielt he tlc was give n s nae n he l la hair o n and aro und the an elect r ic halr cli pper . A s u p plemen tal ad min is tr a tio n Following pi Atned s f t ec f The animal was th e r:r£...J ind uction of 10dale n waa cl1ppe~ u8'lng th en placed I n II at!!reotax lc. Inst r ullIent (KOPF) . ' A 1II 1 d l~n e ,i nci s i on sp p.roxim.il tei.y I. S CID long wa s made a~d underlying lIlembra ne", wer e cut an d pus hed a ~ lde t o e~~8e th e co!o na l s utu r e a nd breg lll4. ~laa t lc us ed 8S Two hol es , l arg e eno ug h to ac c:o modste sta inless . s teel acr e ...s Pt'od uct s -l . wer e "t he n " " ' " thro ug h t he ancho r i ng' s i tes fo r ac rylic 'ceee n t S~~ll. S~.eel , sc ee va.ve r e . , Following the pj e ce ee nt o f scr ew'a a 25 ga uge guide 'cannula (Plas t i c Products ) v e e lowe re d thr o ugh a t hlJ'd dr il l ho l e. the guide ca nnula wa s placed u81".lI' coo rd ina tes in itia lly o btai ned frOID Psx Lno s and Watllon (1 982):', a nd IlIOdifi e d f o l l owi ng a numbe r of test ope ra tions . su bs ta n tia n i gr a par a r eticu la ta were as 9 .3 . f ~llows; t he coo rdinates fo r " t he s.p. - 5 .4; 11\.1. 2.0 ; d sv , Al l coo r d i na te s were liU!as ure d in r elation t-ll-bre glll8 excep t t he dor s o - ye1)tra l coo rd i nate . I t wlla .-easure d with r es pe c t t o t he e~r face of the sk ull o ver ly i ng th e su bstantia n igr a . The p:u ide ca nn ula "':'Ile cut I n add itio n , t he noee ba r wa a ee t a t -3.5 . so that ita, t i p llOu l d lie a pproximate ly one mi ll i mete r a bove th e ce nte r o f t he aubstantia n i~a . Once the cann ula wa s l owered into pLece a weak stream o f at r ve e a pplied t o t he e x poaed s kull to o btain a dr y eurfa ce .Th19 fac ili tated the n,!ltllll1on o f t he ~~! l "ce me n t [Sybron (Ke r r )1 whe n it lola'S finally a pplied ar ound t~ base of the cannula. Followi ng t he ha r deni ng of t~e a cry lic ce men t '0 on e ...4 r e aa lr lO ed I n place unti l tea t day Anll1la15 s ur g e r y . During llhen .. pe rio d of thll recove r y · perio d I. a t l e au fl Ye da y. t o r e cc vee the y wef t hou sed .? f.r o . I n d l v l d ua l l , In Iden tlCflI t o those descr ibed ea r ll. r a nd hand le d .u hu t p l el(1 g 1as c a gn '"\ V1!1'1! once , fo r a peri o d o f f i ve .. 1nu toes . Fo llo wi ng t he r e co ve r y per iod . a nd o...e da y pr i o r. t o t he t l rlt t e lt ae .. lo n , e~.c h .....,1 .al "WlI I pla ce d. ( n the ctr clhlJll c ylinder ' f o r' a per io d of 45 1Il.!nY.llJl: Appar atus -, The appa r a t u9 us ed t o qua n tif y clr c U n g wa ll' . ,llll ! a r In constructio n to o ne dev e l o ped b y Vac:cllr tno and Fr a nklin (\ 98 2). an d I s .hoVl\ ac he lll4tl c a lly In Fi gure 1. cy l in de r 30 ell The appa rat us co n.h ud of t hr ee- lIlajo r colllponen u ; 1) . pla n l e ~n dbntete r . " d 38 ee hig h , I I) a har ne ll a r uc hed to a p1•• e tc - covered ",I r e tha t se rved t o pr ovide a cOI\2.e.c_t1..on between t he a n~_l a n~ the c l rc ll;'g co unt er, a nd 11i) a c1 rc l1~lI: co unte r co n l 1l t l njt of a r o t 4ting t u be , a a U k thr ea d , an d a c:a ll br a t 'e d eea re, The harnea. con . h ted o f • velcro pla lltl c-c.o ve r ed e xte~ slo n v t ee , ( a trap a t t ac he d t o a pi ece o f The e xte nslo; w'ir; ex tend ed ve rt i ca ll y and . wa s a t ta c he d to a me t a l c U p , t he l a tter being f a.te ne d t o a l;ut 1111 .yr ln lte ahe ll vh l c:h fit thr o uJl: h a . ho l e In a a upport l n g woode n c?_~p l~ ted' p l.~k . £lIer y t urn by t he a n i mal e eu ee d a 91ng l e tur n o f the. yr lnRe sh e ll. , -Stl k thr e ad was con ne c t e d to t he Iyr I nge a nd wra ppe d a round th e t et re e in ' ecc o r dence with the numbe r o f t urn s compl eted by t ~e 8nllll8 l . Rot a t l on e ve r e r e pr e ae nt e d I n .. c u~ub t 1ve deplc: t e d a chelllloll tlc.a ll y In ' a \lhlo n o n .. ca l1 bu t e d 10'.11 ; t hh Figur e I . The d i rec t ion o f tu rn lnx Ia a b o co u ld ba ( 1I 4 ",, 30 2" 20 '[ " 10 6' ' 2l. ~' 3 0 ~l A achema t ic d iagr am of th e appara t us us e d to meas ure t he 1II'l ntrude and ..di rec t i on o f etrc U n,ll: f o llowi ng t he i nr ran igrai a drdn1a t ra t ll;ln. o f f our Itolutlo ha • .The basic aPPa.\.atu l 18 ~olllp r lle d of a pl ex iglas cy li nde r , tur nin g 1Il8c hanl'lll, .'!W•.{ cdrbrated wa)l • ..The enla r.ed sec tion a hows (~, ,. 1 ee e yring. ,hell . ervi'l't~.. c han ne l tlttOu gh pl ank ; (2) • 5 -cc sy ringe the ll l uppof Ung ( 3) •• 1 ee .yri nge s hell a llowed to rot_ te ; a nd (4) • meta l- pin luppo rting i pap e r cUp whi ch In t urn au.pporu a pl 811tic-c ov ered ~et. l wi,re . I' " Fl y!! d.19~ent ~o l ...t l o ns • .,er e\~' l! d i nclude d ~!......sX. . Sub. t.nc~ r was purc ha u 'd f ro. 'Si gma lDO le ~u lar "e1g~t Its peptld,; cont~nt '. .,,, . 99%. t he Chemlc~ l ~lIlpan:y was IJ' 48 ( 'bare bo nes': alll1l'lo -acid residue J in exp er t_ e lltr.- The ~ e hl"e and a-••p he tall!l:I.e ac l d l H e d sa U ll; , a.polDO r P lola ! ~UIII ,~ f .'m14'o + $o l~ent u~~d • in G l YO Phl l1 ~a tl0.n.) . ' Subat.nce K " •• pu ec ha s e d f ro .aachert . A nUlllber o f Wal I t~ . In c . ( ~ t of. n e pU'rlt y " • 485A ) , an d {-til APO llOf,ph t'!'1! hyd r o ch l or i de ."a a a ~.o pur cha ud .fr OIi Sigma ' ( Lot 14F-GSSS) a nd ha d s u l fa t e ( ID t SIDXS) IZ~F-S9~Op . .c;~d r es rdu~ we ~ilh t . ~ . 85% hlUIII o f alD1no lIc~d re Bi due weight.' I we ,l ght Welll:ht~ pe pt ide cont e n t was 851. (te e 80 1utJ.on~. .ll .." le cul~ r .wei ght o f 303.8 . D-a llp he ~~. he It1 ndl y do na te d b y SlJ1t h lU i ne . lId ~e n c:h Call.d. Lt d •• · l.~r t.nt ~.ct5' were kept i l\ .l~ wh U e .....ki~g 80 1u t ioni con t d n i ng SP o r S~ ( Ste wa r t . 1981) : t) both t ac hykt n i na be:h.v e Uke b181~ PO lypePtlde"~ . .. . II ') they are "ery hyd ro pho blc anl! " . .. re llul t "do not dlllllolve well In , wa te r, espec i all y whe n hig h concent ra tio ns a re desVed •. Acet i c. a d d helps t o l nereue th eir sol ubl Uty, Ill ) low pH pre 8er ves t he i r bl o log l c.l acthlt y , and h ) ate rl i e t e chn i qu e"8 pr even t ba ct e r i d th e bi olog i ca l . ·ctiv ity of 't' deRrad adnn a nd "puae r ve , t hes e'"p'!p tl du . Pep ti de 8o l u t l orl!ll wer e u lluai l y prepa red I rn;r t l y be fo re .t he y were \ ·adDl n i l t er e d . " : ' the · Ie ", lnn;nce8 whe re this ·,w. s n.o t th e co n 7 20- l0 ~l cro l.lt~rS (~ l) o~ '" .IO lu t l~"n wre ~.ae . ~UqUOU' p"repsr:~ :I n, "dil.~ce ia ' '';' . '; . )J 'lrl~, a nd vere stor ed ina liqui d n itroge n re ee eee ( -60 de gr e e s Cele1us) . so l ut io ns were kep t in , r"tfige r a to r whe"-not"""tle lng used (' i.e . duri ng -, . . be~we en- t e!l t inte r val s within one pa rt lc ulaCJ lI"sII10n) •• "':. no ta d a ,:Y,~' ~e us e of 'a c e t i c ac i d i mpr ove s t he ~ol u b l l1 t~ of SP . an d SK., AC:1 dt Pied physio l ogiu l .88l1n e (0 .9 % ~ aline ) was IlLade bY.lIl!.xin g 0. 6 r '~1 u f glada~ acetJ:~ lIdd i;to OI'Ie litre of di8 t 1l 1ed fia~er and,addin~ 9 g o f I - .'. . . .' NaCI; A fina h~.pwlJrd a.d j ust men~o f pH to &.22 wa ~ ar rq~d aot by the d r? p~he add i tion of . , ' J ., aal in e ...u so~'~~l1'- hYdrOll1d~ f in al 1.Y , '(in .0 . 9 % s a iine ) . I • • , ' .. . sl:erilhed usi ng l)'Syb ro n (Na l ge ) f il t e r (pore th~' sh~ . ac ( dlf ied ' " < .. 0.22 om). the a.pQlII) rphi ne hyd r OChloride wa s f oun d to be IOOst s o l u ble i n wate r-. When at~elllPts wel.s.Jd~ '~o--:;:" s~s'll ,a'lllOunt~ i n 0 .9 :e a~idif1e~ 8a llne, or X phyai.o l ogica l ~a l1~e ve ry po~r so l ub ili ty re sul t e d'. , 00,9 - Sin~e' a polI,.:u;p'hi ne 1& h ig hl y.susce ptible to a uto-ox i ctatJ,on, sol~tlo nll were used qui ckl y ( Wit hin, 10 o r ~5 minute s ) . O·smp hetam.i ne was mixed i n, 0.9 % phys io logica l sa line in a con centration o f 1 IIIg/lIll . ~rch~!!!!Testinll:~ . . ~ Th~ ~es "ar c h :des1gn use d is shown in Ta bl e 6. ~ Anima ls ~n Gro ups A, B, . , , a nd C received .d -a lllp he t. a ~ i n e <ad); wher e as Iln~ma ls in .Group ' u did not . Sali ne ( Sal) a nd a po'lD:)rphlne (Apo) were a dllli nta t e r ed intr a nig ra lly t o a ll gro ups . "t n ad d i t i on Or'ou ps A, B, C, and D re ceU;ljld ,CIlic~ogralllll ... r r e e e , (u g) ~ f' both SP and "SK t e sp e c tlvely. 12, 16 , an d I2 ' 8dllli n is tere~' .. All Rroupa ,were furt her di vided into t"" i 8ub gr oups 1n ,an e ffo r t to . cou\1hrb, lance th e order of adll:1niatrat1on waa .c enee , 8, SC"w8a a l ways Sal-S~-APO , . intta ni ,IfC al. a dminlatu c'ion8 , ", The orde r '~f fo r one s Ub'gro~ an.d SP- SK- SaI - ApO .f,or . th~. D..le t o th e fa~ t t hat da mage t o n ~ ~ral e r e ece in creIBea wit h the nUfll~er ]4 TABLE 6 : Expe r ll11enu l re.e,l rch de dgn d e pl'Ct l ng d r u g co ncUt l on l • •• oe la te d ;rtii""Croupa A. 8 , C. an d O. Cr o u p, A. 8 , C r ee e t ve d d- • • pheta.. ln e ( . e ) pr io r t o .11 (ntra n lgra l injec t ion . C. ·) ; ",he re .. Cr ou p 0 di d not e l ) .na -» q-f lnj ec t l~':'~ 11 ~en·• SK, Apo wu .lind a t nc e o u r I n te r e lt 1.)' lII.lIin ly In -JrlY en 1.lt . cOllpll r l ~,lI; SP ...ltll AI . . nt l o ne d earlie r " nUlIlber of " nl _ I i eer e llOt pr u cr e e ned fo r c i rcll ng biases I. ubg r o up of A (n -8) ; B (n - 8 ) ; C ( n - 8 ): The UUl n,lll pr oc edu re 1) D i nclu ded t be fol1o " I "I1:= a . ubc uta neo .... l nj e ctlo n of d-ulphu. .. l ne (l liS /kg) (Group. b A, B,C) followe d by e .20 e t nu ee wai ttng pe r Iod , ll ) an tnt ra n tg r .d ln j e c U on o f on e of f our au b,t ance s : a vehicl e eo I ue te e , SP, SK o r epoeo e phtne , lind ' 111 ) 8 I S minute post - i nj ec t lon pe r to d dur ing whi ch c it"cU ng 11''\1 Al l Tub lnl! ( 0 . 5 I nj e l\.t i o n s 'l e u mill · i.d . , 0 . 9 DIll · mad e us i ng a 2 11.1 g l .. " sy r inge (Dy na te ch) • t? the i njec to r ca nn u le at Q. d.) wa s at tac hed o ne e nd , llnd , /I.e the~ o the r e';d . t o ) c:onnecth.g t he 'g la l l lnj ectlonll . ~ .dc r o l yr i ngrt t he gias l IIte ra.yr i nge . t he t ubin" clel ned Pri or ., tt h a to fe w 95% alcoho l ; foi lo wed by ·lnject io n o f air; and. fl nllly , t he t ub i ng " 11. fH.l e d ~l th . t e r U e dts ti1.1ed ~aur . p' ' 'e d t hr oug h t he t u bing,.unU I t h vi s ual i ns pe c t i on . t h.tt lir b tu b in ' : , " II I The t iP ' of t.h~ The d.l lt llled w. u .r .,.. i n vu t i gl t or .... con fi den t . f ollowi ng b l e , were no t pr e se nt a l on g t he lengt h of t he 2 ul I yr ln p;e ., a l then i n,-er ted in to t h e en d .. tub i ng jUllt a s t he . yr i nge co n t . i n!ng d h t Ule d wol te r Wei Ag.in, plIrU c'u lar c. r e ... s t.k e n to e n s ure th.t no . i r - bu bb l ei • lll n ~ the l e n s t ~ o f th e tub ing. The p ~ ung .. of :f t he be i ng r e move d . .we~ pr esen t th e 2 u l syr i ns e ... . , t hen ' . . . . iOll.1y pu ll ed bac k 10 II to s llo w 0.5 u l of air into the l ~jecto r c.n: u l a . Fo llo";i ng th18 , 1. 5 ul o f t he 'olutlo n t o be . dmlnls ter ed I nt ra nill ully .. ~s · " :~ ".'",0.., 10j."~:. , , ."'~' t o .0',f ollov 'o, .0<' -. ~( .. ,",,,,,,,,,, . ~ I n j e c tl 0." II c he c k loIas ca rr ied o u t to lIla ke su re t he CAnnul a "',,"8 no t bl o ek ed~J\._~..'~ • All inje c tions wer e made manua lly . A vol ume of O.!l ul wu i nj ected ov e r II pe r i od of 60 seconds , a nd the i nje cto r ca n nula ad d ition al 60 s eco nds . a d!d n 18 te re d s u bs tance . In o rde r to ,ty o i d Anl nalll ver e du ri ng t h is 2 1Il1nute pe riod . fln WIIS l ef t In 1111pro p,er d lff,udoll o f r estrained as ~_ ... p lace f or ' /In the littl e . 85 po ltil ib l e . Fo llo wi n g t he r emova l of t he inje c tor can nula the ob t u ra to r wa s r e pl a c ed a nd t he ' flnlllla l was plac ed In t he a p1JW'C,lIt\l8 80 thll t d rc l1 n g' d ur l ~ t he f ollololtng 15 minuteR co u l d be meaAlIfed . API't"o,..tn uHely 48 hours el aps ed be t wee n I n tranl Rral injection s. Animal s were fi r st deepl y ana e s t hetiz ed u s i n g 80<l1ulII pen t o b a rb i t a l ( Somno t ol 10 0 1D~ /kll:) ' Imme ~1ate ly prior t o perfus i on ea ch a n i mal ~~8 in je c t ed with a cresy l violet dye ( .5 ul ) •• This . .1 I l owe d ae8 s me n t of th e in jec to r C.1rlllu lll ·0 :C .) t ip' l o ca t io n. perfus ed i ntr ac ar d ially ut t h 0 . 9 Jar it IIJ)re accvea t e Ea c h .an ima l wa s t sa line (f or a ppr o xi mate ly t he n 10 eec o n ds ) and 10 % pho ;phate -buf fered . f oqll4l1n ( f o r approximately 10 Illi nu te a). ",. r . : . se r te ....ing . de capt~ation brains e er e eeeovea and k ept in s ' 10 % f o r maU n so lu t to n f or o t I,.. e 0"' ~ UaLnR a cryo s ta t~ se~tlona 46 slLde s. " U III t l c k were to . collected o n Rhsa Every third or fo ur t h s e er I on o f t he br a t n a rea of I n t erest was tll ke n . . and ,4bn ave r ag e, t en s ec e t cn s pe r brain wer e co llec t e d. . dry f or 5 leas t o ne da y, Secttuns were left f ollow-tn K IIhtch they were sta ined ual ng a meta ch r omat i c Nls s l ota in pec ced ur ev . Cannula tip l ocattons eer e identif ted ''>It.1ft a e tercproj e ceor , '" \ ) - 31 Hilltologr A to ta l' of 94 a'nilllllls were shortly afte r su rge ry , while anot her ~ d ur l n g ~_ ce e ttng , tnj e eeo r implanted \itch c ann ulae. Three d i ed 4 a ntmalB had c annul a e t ha t d i s l od ged Of t he rema.lnlnll: 88 anlraa.1s~ cannula ( l .c.) t i p I n t he SNR. 56 wer e fo und to ha ve t he Two main criter ia wer e uaed In d e ci din g whether or not an animal was included In sub sequen t data analyses: '1.) . the lo ca t i on uf t he i.e . :t i p ( ba s e d on stein d 1f f ulli o n) ,and 11 ) ttie extent of n i gul damaRe. l'\Ienty-eiKht aniraals were rej ected on the bas is o f t he locatio n of the t , c , ti p s : 13 were f o und to have t he t . e . tip l o <:: a ted. ou t ald e and dor aal t o the StiRi 11 had the t ,e , tip ven t ral t o t h e StiR ; 'a n d 4 h a d the i .e. t ip in t he regIon c r iterion, 3 a n imals to t ..... fact The ca uda I to t he SNR. With eespe et; to t he s econd ... w~ rejected due to lIlIIssiv e de struction of the 5N, d~e that; small number of guide cannulae were cu t I mm too long . i.e. pla ce Ole n tll of the 56 animals cons id e red In subsequent data anal yses were c a t e gori ze d on the bas is of the ir medio - Iatera l and ro stro ca udal l o c a t i o n .i n the SNR. t ip vas cona tde r ed to be de pi ct ed tn !'iRure 2. Wi th re epeet; t o the elt~ d 'l llIe~io -lateral plane t he t s c , th e medial , cen tr al or l a t er a l SNR as In sd dltGn , i . e . tips we re jUdl\ed to lie 1IlOstly i n one , c-;. . of threl; .p lsnes along t he ro s ~ r o -c ...uda l :~1s" as ahown in Figure ) . .... ~a bl e ' 7 sho ws the di s t ri butio n of placenlenta; an d includes all ajlillls is voose data wall us e d i n t he' s ta tis tical analyses. dls t rl bu tlo na, . All Rroups ·showed aimlla r placemen t wit h t he majo r ity o f t he s I te s oc cupying t he cen tral and . med! al portions of the SN at a level 5.8 lDlII ca uda l t o bregma (based o n Paxino ll and Watson, 1982). ... l8 0. , , F I GURE 2 Corona l ..e t Lo n of th e SNR de p l cHng t he llrbl trary C'1.... lItflcatlo n Iy ste" ti Red t o de l c:rlbe t he lo ca tion of in j e ct ion d ee. alo n ~ t he .c!dt o l a t er-al p l a n e. " .: FICURE ) Thre e' c o r onal sect io ns upon whi ch t he c la id fica tio n of i njec tion ~aTo nli the ec e eee- ce ca er pl a ne we r e ba s ed ( t he to p se c tion 19 the moat . rOl t ral) . Abbr evh t i onll- cp , c e r e br a l pedunc le ; in , i nte rped unc ul ar nuc leUi1'lll'l , Qled lal l emnl a cull; mn , lI'Ialllllll 11a ry nucleus; pal , pe r l a qued uc tal g re y; , p , pons ; en, red nuc leus; s ne , SH para cOlllpac t a ; an r' , SH pa ra retlc'!..la ta ; vt a , ven t ral te!Clllental a rea (baled o n Paxinos an V at ,on , .198 2) . _. 5.3 ap ~/ ~ !.. Dlltl'lbution o f SHit i n j e c t i on , i t '" i n anima.is tested ) .J . ~ . 5. 3 a p . 0 ~ ~ 5.8 ap ~ " " ~ 6.3 a p 'YENTRAL 4. 41 \ " " Res u l ts ~an al y s l s : Fi gur e 4 s URllI\8. rh es the mea n c t rc ll nK t ot a l " f o r Gro up a A, B,C , and D d uring;) 15 lIIinute period follo lo/ing lntr a n l jl;ra! eit he r saline, SP , 51( or "po. Ln j ect Iu ns of rtie Friedma n two-w a y ANOV A Willi us ed to test for wit hin -g ro u p d i ff er e nce s : fou r Jmp urattons . . .e re ca rr ie d ou t , one f o r cnch uf the 4 groups: . . A signlflca r\t d lf f e r ence between solu tIo n e ff ect s loIa s f ou nd with r espec t to Gr o u p. B (p< . 02l; ho wever , an alys 18 o f the data frolll Grou l's A,e, a nd D s ho wed t hat wi th in e~ch of t heae gro u pssn lmah re spo nded to a ll I ntr a nl gr a lly admi niste red ' so l ut i o ns i n a r.e lat I ve l y s imilar fll sh l on . Slnc ~he Fr iedman two-way AtlOVA s ugges ted that an i mals litchin Group S. sho wed cir cl1 ng rates t ha t varled d e pe nd i ng on IoIh l ~ h '101utlon was admin hte r""d I ntran i gra lly , f ur t be r test s we r e cer r-r ed o ut to compare the ve r t ou s sol ut ion effects within Group lB. Fo r s uc h tests Invo l vf ng r e l a t e d eae p fe e , th e Wi lcoxon matc hed -pai rs signe d - ra nks test W9 S u sed . Statis t ic·al differ,ence, wer e fo und between the c i r c li ng rates o f ani mals i nje cted ....i t h SK a nd Sal ( p( .OOS ) , Apo and Sal (p(.O OS) . SK an d 51' (p( .I)OS) . and f i nal l y wit"h ~ Apo a nd SP (p( .OOS). Differences bet.... 5.11 and SP , an d between' SK lind Apo ....ere not sign if ican t. Tabl e 8 shows ,the nu~ber of \_ ~ , ipslve rslve ly , o r t ha t did no t animals t hat tu rned ecnt r ave r s t ve I y , tur n a t 1111 follo ....i ng the I tntr lln l ,l(r al ad min ist ra tion o f t he .te.s t ed ao l u t t c e s , An exam i na t i on o f t he mes n c t r c t tn g to t al s s hown i n s ug ~ est ed ri~ur e 2. in add it10n to th e distr l bu t io .n of t urn ing tend en cies . r e ce i v i ng d -alQphe talll lne preh'ea tlllen t ( Gro u ps A.,B, C) all ave r ag e , c te c tee .II IIDre ths n Grou p D whl ch-fl-id not rec e i ve a . pr e ~ a tlllen t . t hat 8nl IMb . SInce the se ,l(ro up s to.~ _ ·· represented un r elat ed samples t he Krus ka l-W allill One- Way ANOVA ....a s us ed / ....- --. cootraversive 10 20 turns 30 " 40 sp 8 ug ::::::::;::;:::::;::.:.:.:.:.:.:.: sk 'llU9 GROUP A Apo 1~~9''''''''>''~+~l..l...J GROUP B GROUP C • sp 16 ug :;::::::::::::;::::::::: , sk 16ug n=14 AP~~5a~gl-l-.l....:U~..l..:u, " GROUP 0 . n =8 . " . -. FIGURE 4 Hean c:l rc:l1nfl t oull 'f or Gro up. It . B. 't o lind D f ollowin g II U minut e "ti"iiTiig-per i od . "lIt. Uut ed dlffeunee vae fo und l n Grou p I (F r1e~".n t wo· WI ' AHOV" . p( .OZ) . \ . . . .. TULE 8 Direct io n of c:1rc: lInR: follo",tnll the I nt ra n l ll.u l "dslnh t ut lo n o f ~K:- Apo, a n d Sal. Ctrc:l1 nl te ndenc: ln of anlaa ls not pretreat e d wUh dallPhe t • • rne a re .lso. .hown ( ,U ) . I' 12 . .!! .ll ~ ( n- 8) SK ** 12.!!!. .... ( . -8) SK 16u,e (n-1'4')- ,. APO I S~ "" (ii- a) ' SAL \ :Tii' - 4 8 ) SAL fI" """Tn-tl ) , ... , 44 . ' ·de t e r mi ne whether Anl ma 18' tur ni ng ra r e e we re af f e c:tedoby d-ae phe t .aef ne , The di ff e r e nc e wa s no t t1 1j:nil lca n t. nuebe r I'If anlull 1n Group 0 !bweve r, i n th is r e s pe ct , the 8mall IlIar M Y!! pr ev ented a ny s tatis t i ca lly d e t e c t a bl e dif f e re nce . Wlthln-gr o up' co mpa risons . oh oted t hat in Group .B ccn erev er e.rv e cl rd l ng In erea a ed ' s l gn 1fle a nt l y f ollowi ng-t he ad lllU\l s tr a tlon of a . 12uil dose mayic c wit hi n the S~R t o of SIC. These ar e t he fil"llt da ta to i ndi ca te t hat SIC pro du ce contr a ver al v e co ntra ve u lv l! ~l r cl1 nR:' c l rcl1 ng . lIith i n Group 8'" Ape also e lici t e d ' Animals te s t e d with 8, 12 , a nd 16 ug of SP; or 8 a;d 16 Ulj: o f SICd~ld M e sho w s i gn ifi ca nt d if f er en ce s In t he IlIlIgnltude o r direction ~f C l r.e l1n~ ; th r es pe c t to sa Une i n j e c t i o ns . Apo 's eff e e u, l Ike t h08~ o f SK, ver e i nco n s l s ten t ac ro ss grou pa , l nt ren in g th e do se e of SP a nd SK ( 8, 12 , 16 ug) d i d not br i n? abOut pr oportlon81 I nc ree s es in ~~e , d rcUng . never t he l eu, . be en repo r ted Inj ect ed i ntr a nl Brall y (2 . 5, 5, and 10 ~, Dose -related increa ses in ci rc ling us in~ u~ dlfferent concentrat ion s of SP I 2 ul : Olp e and Kl::I e lla, 19 17; L, 2 , LO ug I . 1 ul : Ja mes an d Sta r r, 1979) . In 4exa ml n i ng Sp ' s a ppare nt la ck of effect o n c lJr c:l1ng beha vi or , a nUlil be r o f hc:toc,s wil l be . t a ken In t o cc e etdee a e tc n, ,T.h e se will Includ e quut i ons rega rd ing the bI ologi cal acti vity of th e pe p,t l de aolu t i ons and ' theL r enlymatlc degr~dlliiOn , inj e ction Siu.a , the in j ectio n pcc ceduee , \ n d _ l n t l y t he d-alllPhe ta~~ I nt r a n i gr aI r .' pr e t rea t llle n t . ~ide i nj ec:t.1ona pro duced vi sibie ~ l. rlus~O f . the ears '\ \ " and 'eeve In the vnt majo r ity of a n imals e e er eu . b~e n '. \ Thill pe r ip he ra l act !.on h'" dCltume nte d t o o the r s tudies for bo th Sf a nd Sl( (Per nuw . 1 9 6 3; IIo Il: er - Pe t iche, Schlllleck, Amann, a n d Lembe ck , 1985) al'ld ~ uRgea tg ' th8t the pf/'p clcle 501 ut lon ,' wer e l>101og~tpally po tent . '. Procedures ;l?S ur "tnR I c e r l1 it y ve t e a lao adopted t o.. mi n imize t he poss i b ili ty of ba c t e ri a l de g r a d a ti on . "?" ob~erva don8 ~d pr e ceu t Ic n e , 8,1'1 argument- b~:e~ on the peptlrue eo I ut Io n s lIse d we re nut . ~~e. In a ddl 'f.on. ~lo1ogi~allY.a Ct l ve a l t hou p;h pe ptldases t he, I n Itloth r of as:~llIP(I<ln . ; :;. ) J cannot b e ro r[e f\-l 11y have beep .,r e por t e d" [,,' ra p id ly deg ra de fn t tan lgrally tn j e c rez- pepc t de s , da t a r e por t e d ' \)}'. Ol p e and KfleU.n ..... ;:1 • ( 1971) an d James and S tar r ( 1971; 19 79) s ugge a t that t h.19 t yp e o f inacti vatio n f o~ was not I t'k e l y to have cc cur r ed wlthln t he t ime . pe r l o d used ./.' lIIl!'lllut in~ circl1ngrates . Th e anatollli;:a.l l o c a t i on of Injection s1te~ ...a s~l. s o un l ikely to have been a co n t ributing" f a c to r .Al t hough inje.ttlona in SP ', appar ent. bc k. ·o f effec. t ~he Of , SP.. i n co n travet's ive drc l1ng r e g a r d l e s s of , ros er c - caud a; In j ect Io n and here have> be en on .J e tr c Lr ug , repor~ e '1 ~; ' ;e l ict t th<!i r location wit h res pect t o . ned fo e-La t.er e I s t ees r e-por t ed SNR pla ne s (Ja mes ( t he majority o f and t he '- S tar r, 1979 ), ' t he whi c h .Jer e dlat rl bu t ed throulI:hout the ca ud al ha lf o f the SUR) did not e lid t c i rc li n g . , . Cer ta in da t a s ugges ted , howeve r, th'lt t he peoc ed cee u s ed may have ." , ':Y i nf l uence d t he r e s u l ts o f th e ex periment . i n j e ct ed c l rcl1ng: ." " Ta bl e 8 (p ; 43) SOO""' 11 t hlt i n t ra nip; r a ll y ....l e h sa l1 ~e d is p la yed a di s t i nU bi u ~n lmah \ 11 thelr 7 an ima ls t urn e d i ps i ve r d vel y , 8 d i d no t t urn , lind 31. t ur ne d ec n er ever a rv e l y, Th e se dtt' a re ~,k,d l, d lf f",ot " 0' tho ee "po , l . d b,· Ol pe and Koel1a. 7 7) an d J4 .m1l81nd- i t a rr ( 1979 ) , whi Ch 8 u~ges t.d tha t , " . 11 • 'gro u p, an imals ~~9~~e,!1 ver~ . 1ttt,le C. ; . I blll B. A nf ' . r eee or s . u, 0'1, to .~ I ,. . '- . explaIn t ile" clr cl1ng eeeee n se to saline s e en he r e: 1) the il~ a~t.lIIal natu ral 46 sa U~e I nje ctlon , biase s . !i1'-nill:r al d a mage o r lv) a nlCo lllb tn a tlOn CJl t he above . The d f ee:t pr odu ced by con t ro~ i nje ct ion's 1s unlikel y t o hav e bee n due IIolely to 98111\9 "e a ctio n on the neural ctrcutt r y in volved i n circling, 1I\.81 ~l y because,. uUn e has b een r o ut1 il.el. ~ used a~ II con t r ol sub stance an d ha s been s ho wn t o have no e~ f e c t o n d:, ~1ing (Jame s and SCUI: . 1977 ).' CIIlIle t ~ er.r c t rng of tha t fo l-lo wtd co n t ro l ,bl a8~s : Po8~UralUeVb~ lnn '~ nd c1r~l1ng ' . . • .• • 6lOPhetara.lne (.Jer uSSl ilnd G: J can be -eU c1 c! d in' 'i nt,ac t ~nilftlils adllli.nia te red ' , DA agonl~ts sUb~u traneou s lY I eg.Apo o r 'd- , • '_when ' they lire • One likel y inje ction!! i n ~ l ve s an i lll41 . . ' \ . " c. · . . .k , .YJ76,. Pl ~a~ and .S ~e c h'tma.n. 1985) " - I t has ~een ' .;.'·suglj:es t e d tna t ,this I!llly· be · due to a natura l .henl1apherlc ·a~ ~etrY of DA . re cepto rs or . te rmina ls. Ther e . is "a. pos sibil1ty , d -amP'net4nli~~ ma.., hav e a ccent~-h~~d I SJJ,C9 pre treatment with l\YP\J th eS!S i s co r r ec t, t he r e f or e , t hat If th i s bia s e s. ~he~ ti s~~ld fO~lo., thtf(Ld-alllPhetam1~e ls effect ' on c:lr cl~llll: ~ho u l d · nq,t have dif fered Big n l fica n t l y from ' the e f f ec t of d- , , . ... 'II 111lphetamine when tl).e"l atter waa couPlled ~ ~ t h al! lntran ill:r al sal.ine i nje ctio n _ U.inK t he Neuman-'I!:euta t,e~t"'(post ho c );da ta ft Olll each s ubgr oup of animals that ' had bean pre9cr ~ened whi l-~mpneta.lI\ine wet .e us ed (A, n"9; ',B, n - 9 ; C, n -6) "so . tha~ ~ c:o lllp8l:' is~ s ' could be ' ~de b17 tween . ' t he e rr..:'V Q-g ~ ~ e s of anill\ll ls rcc~l~'~ng d"':alllphetallli ,\e' a l o ne· a nd t ~,e 8~.1rle ani m41s' c i rc:l1nll: ~. t es f Oll~wlng d - alilphetam1neand Ad ine • • Subgroups, o f Gro ups A and B shoWed differ e,nces thu were Tlot Sl~nLf1cant"SUg~eat L ng ~l)a t " !'alLn~ had no effec t o~ clr clln ~_ Ibwever , 1n t he case ' o f subgroup ~; altho"ugh a n 1l'1la ll t urn ed lps l venLvei y ... ~r f~".110wlng d -IIlIPhetlJllll~e~at~?-te.tt~ usinll:: d-amphetallline . .i~d a~l1ne resul~ed in c~ nt ra ve U 1Ve clrcrlnll: _ ·... : f ',. \ " supports o ne hy po th e si s th at was formula ted durln~ the lIna l ys l , of t he dlltA; . . . th at l!1'(S2..~ an l ma18 wer e !1IO r e ~ l lt e l y to untla reral n~Rr al'9-amaKe. ".,. <: ~r c l c co n t r ~.Ye r 8 1Ve lY due to , J Although a nuebet- of fa ttors. ma;v hav e in tervened becwe c,r th~ '" pres c reenin K and the lntranl g ral s a li ne teats ( e g . 8Uf)(ery . habltua tio~) . . it was t houg~t this subgroup . lo c a t e d i n the ce n t r a l por t i on are known t o o r igi na te a ccn rr ev er ef ve si ~ ce is poss ible . t ha t It r~peated t ha t dama;e t o th e SNRdue to was the fa c t o r most likel y to ha ve produced or O -t he the l.c. t;;"jec tinns .. c lrc llnJ! btu tn t.l~ were gen e e a Ll y SNR, wto,ere n t Rr o c h lll o ml c r rojcc t1ons ( Fau ll and Mehler , 1978), damage in th h . have ad ve'raely affected niSt-ll i efferents . re Klun may ' " K.1.inlc· aC1d Iea t one in this nr en hav e been ~ hown to produce con er ev er e t veic t r c l t ng (D IC~1ara e e 81,,1911) , ' The r e f o re, both I n l ma.l bi as es and n lRu l'damage may ha ve affe c te d I ,clr clll\~· r e s pon·s e s , ' a I he n ce , co ul d dlf,flcult to delll,lnstlte , s Ince th ey are bas e d on a ","e 5 ulIIe d nigr a! ' dama..l:e t~ co mpa r ab l e damage , . of the~NR have eed e SP's and ' SK' s ef f ects more ' Animal .b i as e s tend t o be r e l a t iv e l y ~ ! O g i c a ! a S ymllle t r y . is unk nown. "11 ~ermanent Ho....ever . t he e f f e c t of t he gro u pe of anlma19 s us t a i ne d t he SNR; t he III<I jorl ty o f 'animals 'ha d 81111roximat'e Ly IS '% . . dalll3gsd, while a slll31.l. number o(anilll.8ls ahc ved- ei th e r very Little /dll~ lle (S %) or much i llr ger d amage (40 %) ', ( t he variab ility in damaRe rnay be r e l ated t o th e f a c ' possibility 1s tha t tnjec t ton e were made by . hand, !"<Hhe r t ha n by 4 If o ne considers' th e poten t ia l er teer e r t h is dlmeKe [h e moto r ized pump) . ralsed, tha~ 51" s effect on ci rcUn~ c:ould o.ve!"sha .dowed by a c i rc ling tendency r e sul t ing 'f r o m t he da mage have been t~t ....11 n i.llf~l enhanced by d-alllphetallline. Tha t 1s,', in ., number " f i 'ns ta1tcea ....he r e damage WIIS cons iderable , drding r esponse e l t c t t ed by a nY Pllftlcu.i a r ec dut I c n may h~ve 8 bee n la rge ly d ue t o d alMge t o n lg rd 'effer e nt ll, nr lome ,. " ') \ ,," Co n . eq u~ n t L y . o t hl '" ei.rc:u t t t .. po ru nt i n c:l re l t n( . if t he bitter h y po t he l t a It co r r e c t th e c l r e l1nR 1' e . ~n .e . elici te d I n some a" I _111 lIa1 ha ve been t he .r e s u l t of ul\ l 14te'l'IoI daug e ••ph e u .1II1ne tn J e e t l o nl, •• ~blned o ppos e d "',]m ',, " vl t h to t he e f rec'c. o f t he ef fec t / of s Ylltee1c: . d... any t n tr a"lg"'l l . . SP'1J lllOde o r Ilec h. nt ... o f a ct i on 11 unkno wn. . . ", Howeve r . if on e "II~. ' .. .,\ f o r.." lIlD ~ n t t ha t SP' , effec t In 'e e e ea rn r e gi o n s of t he s-iR 1, I nhi b i t or y . and . ~ h.t . . " I . this effect 11 1Ile~lated by an 1nhl.bU nr y ~ran '11l 1tt er . ( In 8 manner ' 1I1ml la r to t Mt l ugll:e l t lld by J onel And d I p!! ( 198 5) I n t he d ng u la t e ..co r te x >, a . . .. nu;"ber o f condi tto be f ollow~ , F';lf' e 'ICa mple . o ne way .S P (o r SK) co u~ d el id t . c:o n tr~ ver .lv~ clrc.HnR woul d be by i Rh~ bl t lng CAliA. nt g ra t e ff e r e nt' In t he prOje~ct ~.h~ tha1;o11llu~ , SNR that .. f o r lUt 10n. ~ su per i o.r . "~f \nhibit io~ t h is . ty p__ dl l i n.h1b1 t o r y effec t .'!.."-.th e has co i l i c u l u s , ~en to ha ve a three s t ructure l ; all d if th is d is i nh i bi ti o n 11 unilatera l , Con tr a ve r s i ve c ircli ng r e s ult s (S t AI n 4 and r eti c u lar hypot he l i z:e d " e t at • • 198 )) . How. if " t hi s . ou rce o f effer en t . ve re d es t r oy e d , a s i . t ho"'lth t t o ha ve been t he case 1'n a n"'llb.r o f . niftllh..jP (o r SK) ~ y ha ve li tt l e ~ d di tlo n a t e ffec t o n iir cl ing 1f it were .d llin bteC"ed i n' th h m.ain ly t o .n ll1101 l1 tM t r e g i on . , ul t a i ne d nl &r at d ....ge , l hh exnana t1o~ . pp Uu Sta t ll t l ca ll y , o n ly " I U bgr~ of Gr o up C s holJed d iff eren c es ~ t wee ~ p~"tre" t~t· (~ -.lII phe t a llli ne alo ne ) and co n tC"ol t Sal .nd d-a lllpheta lil ne ) cir cUllg r . te... The ~ e fo r e. if co nl i der t nR whole gr o",p s , Cr oups A, S.. "nd [) did no t leelll t o be s f le c t ed by • nigral d .~ge. 9ignH..1eantty . In the s e "a n l ln11 i s a na t ...r sJ.......bta. ce n a tn l y, till i ca use of cir c li n g f ollo....i ng co n t r o l SIID.1tIt., r ellon l ng . ppliel to SK. HolJf!v e r . t he r . c t t h"t SK Will a b l e PtOdu c ~ s ignifica n tly 'fre d rc ling t han , ,. WIlS IIlOlt lnje c t l0 n~ t h. t aee n followi ng •• U ne - " inj e c t i on s 8ugge su that i t QI.;l y . be eo r e p') (:ent l e a st a t the t zug dose . ~han SP to tilt. ["eKar o , at Ex peri me nt s cu mpllI"l ng the-eff ect s o r ,I ln r g e r numb er -, of doses al o n A; a wi de r s pe c t rum (l.e . Lnc I ud Lng s rnII ller do s e s tn t he n",n<J ~ra ,n range) wou ld h el p elucidate t he que s t !o" of re la t ive flotencY,~ lth r e g e r d to S I' a nd SK, It s hould al s o be note d ene e o ther i nves tiga to rs have 1I1Ie d i de n t i c al ; t ra lns of r a ts (etpe and Koella, 1'::1 17) an d s ll1118r vo l u IlIe8 ilnd ra tes of in f us io n ( Jame s an d Starr , \ 9 71 ; 19 79 ) . . The se t wo fa ct or s, In ~4d l t llln to . .t ho s e 'o f b t o Iog t ca I ac t iv ity , enzyma tic d~p;r ll da t1o n'. ahd 8 itu of t nj ec e to n . ..--/ wer e unl i ke l y t o hav e aff ected t he r e s u lts , . 8 1~n l f tc a ntly . . Hovev e r, a b~lJ1 c a ssumpt ion· nade was that aU I n j e ct i o ns wou ld be l o cRl i zed comp l"e _e ly wi thi n th e SNR. The poss ibi Uty never t hel e s s eitists , I'It l e llst i n . t he case of t he IOOre do r sa I SNR injec tions, tha t SP a nd SK were d tf fua tn g do r sall y 1I10n ll r no ca nn u la tra c t an d into t he SNC. pr e dic t , would Thi s t ype of d if fusi on , whic h is dif fi cu lt to comp l icate the interpre t ati on nf s i nce i t I s waU known that ne uro ns in t he res u l t' , uspecilll l)' the SNit e nd SNC o f ten r espond tn c ppcs t re way s to t he i on t o phore tl c: admin is tr a t ion of part icu la r s ubsta nces • ( Dray and S tra u gh~ n , (9 76 )j a nd es pec ia lly s i nce the re at- e ec r e SK t han SP ' \ • I rec e pto rs In th e SNf: , ( Man t )'h et a l ., 1964 ) . , ,' An ad di tio nal fac to r t hat l'Ie r tu co ns ide ra t ion 19 t he d:.Hllp he taml ne tr e aeeene , was The work ln J! 888ulllpt i on u s ed durl ng the desll(n o f .t he exp eri ment be sed on t he two - co mpone nt . Marsd en, 1918) . Th is model .r espons ible t he for mode l o f clr c:l1nR beh a vi o r . (P ycu ck a nf1 sug ges ts that · SN "c t i "Vity, 'I n pa r.t lc·lhr . d irection o f c l rcl1 ng j wher e:"ll stru cture s (s t r Ia t um, nuc leus scc u e be ns , and VTA) 111 ._/ Il c t ht ~ y . Is ' i n o t he r " re IlP~~lI1 b le fo~ th e t • 50 . por'lt~ neo u. Ibltor s e c hl e y that accompanies t he ci rcl1 np: r eaponae , pUoe atudl es 8ug~e' 8t ed th a t I ntr antgr a l a pparent e ff e c t o n c t r e l t ng , it' W18 inj e c ti o ns o f Si nce SP al on e . h ad no pr e su me d that t h is mi g ht be du e t o the lock o f T1Kl to r 8 t i mu l a e l on (c hat 1~ a lt houg h II bi a s may ha v e r e sul te d f r olll th e l itrantgr a l ad ml n ls t ra ton of Sf, I ts e x pr e s atcn ma?" hav e bee n d ifficu l t to "l!l s ure 1n t he a bs enc e of tc cceccc e stimu lat ion ) . It ",a s t he re fo re th ou ght t hat t he use o f a l ow do s e of d-oiIl'lp h eta mln e wou l d serve t o i ncr ease lc cc ec t o r • aetivl t.y wit'hour ha v tn!( an y ef f ec t on t he dl~e ctts~ e1 rc l1ng . ""? " con t r s ve rsi ve circling follov i ng un Uateral in tr a nl ,1;ral admin h t ra to n o f SP in the ab senc e o f <j-,a"phe t a ndne pretrea t illerent h". be e n r e por te d (O l pe an d r lIDe ll-;;7 1977 ; James and Sta r r , L977; 1979 ) t he line o f reaso n in~ixPtessed abov e 18 wid e t cce pt ed, and d - ae ph eceatne has been uaed fO; by ,o t he r.l!I (~ r..!!!O an d F,:a nkl1n , 1984 ). t h: s allie pur poae . The ,eaults o f one o t her stud y .... (J~s a nd Star r, 19 79) suggest, however , e ec r e ~olllplelC i nt eraction be twee n ' int r8n l~ llY lldmlnlste r ed (1 9 79 ) e e pc r d t ha t subs ta nc es a nd d- amphetam i ne . .... . .".. James a nd St~rr . pr e tr e~tmeni:' wit h d-alDPhe ta mln& ( sc) .co uPl e d ' Wit h un ilatera l i nt r ani gr al ad minis tratio n of SP eUc1te d a bi pha si c resp;;nse. Foll#Wing._t_he SP i n je c ti on, ,a n.l ma la { i r s t c irc le d cont ravers ive ly , but a fe:or lIi n"u t es l ai:~r bega n t o c i relli t pe tve r e t ve I v , explain thh e ff e c t . The a ~t hor s di d not' at te mpt t o I n li~ h t o f t hue su r pr h i nlJ da ta (tha t faU t o ;'e .' elf,.'1lain/Jld by t he t wo-componen t model of c l rc:l lnl() /~ th e (<:I-a mpheta mine pr e er e a r e e n r llI8y a l so have pla yed a n i mportan t r ole i n c i r c li ng , a r c Le t hat "~. "" ~~'l"".lY .. ,,~.• , . ., \ . . W'it'h ee e c eee t o Apo ; unila te rlll in t ta·n1.'lral adnln l a tration of thl~ iubsta,nce has be en r eported t o hllve -n o ef f e ct on th e c i rc U n.ll: behavio r o f ) " i nta ct IIn lmals (Glick and Crane, L978 ; Ke1te)' and !b or e, 19711; Kozlowsk i , Sawyer, and Marshall , 1980}. Howeve r , APO I n.J tto n s 1:[0 t he media l SNC el1et ted Lps Lve r s Ive c Lr c Hng when anlllla is were g i ve n d-amphetllld ne pr to e t o Apo (va ccar t oc and Franklin , 1984 ). Kodo wsk l e t Ill . (l9 S0) repo rted tha t , intranlgra lly a dmi nis t e r ed " PO elic i t ed ccnt r e ve r e t v e c:irc llrlR in a n i ma ls ~ th a t we re pr etreated wit h a DJ. r e c e p t or bloc ker for one week p r lo r to.• lind a t the time of -t a f ee e -- Apo inj ect ion. ljal\t p u.l The con'eeavee s I ve c irc l1nK ch llt f e Ll oced t he a t l on aug gea ced t ha t Apo may hav e ec t ed o n non-DAer p;i c ee ~'!. \ be ILeved t~ be 'GABAerglc si nc e the c t r ct r ng ....;'18 b,l~cked by pi c r ur odn (ae) . >'1 1. KozLows ki et hypo thes ized t hat "PO cou ld a c t on GABAergl c n-lg r a l aff erents ( stt"ia t on l l1;rlll ) o r GABAerg ic nig u .l eff et"en t s ( n i ~ rotha lalJl ic ) . In t he pr esent st udy Apo si.llnU ican t ly ci rcli ng in o nly one of t o ur g roups tes t e4. This i ncr e a s e d cnn tcaver8 Ive in;on; i s ~ent . Apo effec t .le . To beg ~n wi t h, interest l a y maInly in ccepae tng th e effec ts of SP to tho~ 1Il, tlf diff icul t to in terp re t fo r a nu mber of r e a so ns, e t n ce o ur . Sit, pl;lpt i dea were inj e c t ed early in the ser i es of i nj ec tio ns (ke e pi ng i n mind c ha t the probabili ty of pt"o duc ing injec t io ns made ) . ne ur al da mage i nc r e a s ed ",it h ch e n umber ' of T he f a c t thar no comparison 'co u l d be ma de be tw een' Apo' , effec t v he n I n j e c..tel:! f uat i n the se rie a , a nd Its -effec t ''''he n ~je ~t e d h at ma~es it dif fic ult t.D c i rc ling. d;a~ II t irm~tlUS iOIl \li t h veeee e mc and Fr~l1n ( 198~) hav~ r egard to i t jeff e ct on s uggeeced that d'"'lllllp hetallline can co n dit ion a nllll8ll1 t o th e eff e c ts pr od u ced by ot he r dru~s; tb llt Le , if o ne conats tently e Uc i t} ~ur n ing in t r an h :r all y an lI~Phet~mllle la te r afte r i n one dt're ct.i o n by a dmi nlst'e r ing a Su bsta nc e an i!"4.1 hq bee n' ad,\i n ls t ered d-lllllpbe t l1l11l ne . .lione 3 i .e. in the ab ae nce of 811 lIIt r ll n i gral in j e ctio n) e U cit a r e spon s e' Sllll1la,r to t he d- ~ould one pr evi~ud~ ellc lte. by ,t he 52 1I1 t tl n l ~ u.l l y . d.lII t't er ed s u bs ta nce . The refo r e ,\po', e ff e c t o n c i r c U n,ll: co uld be exp la i ne d by th e la tte r cond i t io n i ng e ffe c t , or , cou ld nave be en du e to IlOCle o f t he f a c t or , Mntlo ne d e arlie r (l. e. an lQAl bt.. a nd n i g r a I da ll3ge ). r e . ~l\I e . Clrc l1 nliC elic i t e d by I nc ranl gTal t he s o lu t i o n • . " d llin i _ tere d he re la ck e d a nUllIber o f f eat ,;,re l al llllllOn 11 o bse rve d f ollowi ng ch ellical lIIti mul.1tlon o f t he SNR COI p e an d KDella, If _It he ledoRa at l ""!htio n of n~gr o.tr la t al 't he 1917>,unilater a"1 6-0H~A pa t h wa y (Ung ersted t , SM" :( Ar but hno t t . a nd Crow , . . mani pu l a t i o ns hav e ..b..e en r epo rted t o produ t e oil 1911) or , e le ~ t rlca l ~ 1 97 l) ~ The8~ la tt e~~ . fOf m of c i rc l i ng char acte r ized by r igidit y and t i gh t c i rc ling , sucb t ha t t he .ff ec t ed s n l M i 's h ind pawl r e cut" r e b t Lve l y l ta t l o nar y. while Lt l fo reli. bl pr o vi de th e req u i r e d f or c e f or llp vement. 10 o u r hi nd s unlla te rd 6 ~ OHD" lu io n, a nd e lectrica l I t hru l a t ion o f t he SN a ll., e ltc1 t t h is f o r ll at clr cUnR; v here aa lntr anl gr a l a d.in i a tu t i o n o f t he varlou a .ol ut i o n s de s cri bed he u di d not have a 11.11 a r effe c t . Ani_ h -i n this l!II:pe ri-ent s ho~d v i de c:1rcU nlt t hat v,u f requ e n tl y I.ntetrupted b y gr oollli ng In d ex p l or atory be havid'r : The cOJlpuh lo n to t urn s e en , f o r exalllpl~ . f ~Uovin g ele e tr i ~ lt i llUlat ~o n o f _t he SN va s c l e ar ly · a b. en t . It ha l blIln lugllel t e d that s till\ll i tion o f t he l1~ elY is .ar e . n i~o l tr llt a l pa t hway to pro duce c i rc ling t hit; 11 o f t.he .a. bu la t o r y t y pe ( vid e c i rel ing); whe r e .. 8t ll1lulat iol\ of pa thll ay. o r . t r u c t ur e . closer t o neuro n . /' -, ' ~ ' ": . poo l. l o ca t ed in t he sp inal cord ",111 bring a bo ut t i gh t er a nd IMre compulsiVe ci r eUn p:: "Th h ,l ~ pre lumab ly due t o" t he f a ct ~hat 1.e ~8 ~ine t uning occur a th e ' < .f ur t he r " v e II'lO ve down. tream fr OIll t h e baaal gin p;l1a ( Fra nk lin . cOllal n i Cl t l o n) . per sonal . " I~ addition to these behav io ral observations f Ius ht ng c I the e ar s and paW's wa s nc c rceab te f o llo wing the I n tr a n l gr al adrllinis tr'l Al t h o ug h flush ln p; Will not qUII~;1fled. Intense vasodi latio n than SK. Thls (Holzer - Petsche e t 111. , 1985) . on o f 51' 'a n d SK. SP showed a tendency to pr oduc o~t10n !lltree' Fl u s hi ng norma lly appeared )0 to flO eco nds fo,llowln!!: the start of the In trllnlgra l , I nj e c t i o n lind a ll II seconds . more with r ecen t fin l.n Rs Saltne lind Apo were neve r ob8~rve~ t o pro duc a a t e d 6U visible ~~ of flushing . ' General Conc1uslons Alt hough II tafl'll! number of s t ud i e s have focuse d o n the neuroanatomy a nd' electro physiology of t he SN. descr ipt ions of neuronal mechanIsms and interactions within the ~N a re, at t he ~men t . larllely hypo t he t Lca l , lkith 51' and SK probab ly playa role i n the pecce se r eg of info rlll8tion wit hin the SN. The importance and nat ure of t hi !! r ole still r el'l.lin to be elucid ated . te e . example, alt houg h lntrsnigu ladminhtration of SP i nc re ases the alllOunt n f DA re leased i n the striatum ( .ra_ s and Starr . 19 77) a nd decr e ases the amount o f . den dritically r e Le a sedDa i n the SNR (Cher a my e e e L, , 1981) , i ta with in t he S~ is unk nown . Does it act presynap t ically o r Does SP serve a neu tOlJl)du latory fu nct ion? other ne urotransmitters kncwn to mod~ of actiol'l poIt 8yn~p ~~ yf [f so, how do es i t i n t er a ct wit h he presen t i n the SN? ~ Tlieae queations rema in for t he most pa rt 'unanswered . With respect t o circ li ng behavior, o f keytmpo r ta nce t e t he notio n tha t th1a be hav i or 19 t he pro~ uc t of comp lex ne ur onal i nt er a ~ ti on8 t ha t t a ke p lace wit hi n the SN 18 well 41 be t we en th e S N an d ve r te ue (ell ' lI[ r latulII, tha l amulI, a nd lIupe rio r co ll1c u l ulI). o ther' 8 ~ r uc [ urea "'h ile s t udia ll .b ssed on 1II.I "l puh t lon~ o f lnt r .n l",r.l .yltefU be "efl t ou r underet an d lng of e lr c l1ng be ha v i o r. t he ~o lllP IU rnte~;"t.~Yo~ln'g". above 11 of C:~C 1;d hporunc e . \ nu .ber o f struc:: t ure s de sc ri bed ' rt': In tr."ljfral effects o f SP and d r c Ung be ha v ior ••nd I n l nte rp re tat)o n ~; t he r e s u l t s s ugge l te d th.at The s t ud y presen ted he re f oc used 0'1 5Kon 5K .... 1 IIIOre po te n t tltl n SP in e U d t l"8 c l )cUn g at • p ar t i c u la r dca e , The l llport ."ce o f thil " 11I101 r~ nd !~Jt,! 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