Effects of novelty, pain and stress on hippocampal extracellular acetylcholine levels in male rats

Brain Research

Volumn 748, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 219-226

  Aloisi, A M ^a   Casamenti, F ^b   Scali, C ^b   Pepeu, G ^b   Carli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

behavior; corticosterone; formalin test; microdialysis; open field; restraint

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; PAIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS;

EID: 0031049048     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01304-2     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Aloisi, A.M., Albonetti, M.E., Muscettola, M., Facchinetti, F., Tanganelli, C. and Carli, G., Effects of formalin-induced pain on ACTH, beta-endorphin, corticosterone and interleukin-6 plasma levels in rats, Neuroendocrinology, 62 (1995) 13-18.
2. Aloisi, A.M., Albonetti M.E. and Carli, G., Formalin-induced changes in ACTH and corticosterone plasma levels and hippocampal ChAT activity in male and female rats, Neuroscience, 74 (1996) 1019-1024.
3. Aloisi, A.M., Albonetti, M.E. and Carli, G., Behavioral effects of different intensities of formalin pain in rats, Physiol. Behav., 58 (1995) 603-610.
4. Aloisi, A.M., Albonetti, M.E., Lodi, L., Lupo, C. and Carli G., Decrease of hippocampal choline acetyltransferase activity induced by formalin pain, Brain Res., 629 (1993) 167-170.
5. Amaral, D.G. and Witter, M.P., Hippocampal formation. In G. Paxinos (Ed.), The Rat Nervous System, Second Edition, Academic Press, San Diego, USA, 1995, pp. 443-493.
6. Bartolini, A., Ghelardini, C., Fantetti, L., Malcangio, M., Malmberg-Aiello, P. and Giotti, A., Role of muscarinic receptor subtypes in central antinociception, Br. J. Pharmacol., 105 (1992) 77-82.
7. Bartus, R.T., Dean, R.L., Beer, B. and Lippa, A.G., The cholinergic hypothesis of geriatric memory dysfunction, Science, 217 (1982) 408-417.
8. Bland, B.H., The physiology and pharmacology of hippocampal formation theta rhythms, Prog. Neurobiol., 26 (1986) 1-54.
9. Carli, G., Aloisi, A.M., Biasi, G., Farabollini, F., Grazzi, F. and Fontani, G., Changes in hippocampal electrical activity during the formalin test in rabbits, Neurosci. Lett., S22 (1985) 514.
10. Casamenti, F., Scali, C. and Pepeu, G., Phosphatidylserine reserves the age-dependent decrease in cortical acetylcholine release: a microdialysis study, Eur. J. Pharmacol., 194 (1991) 11-16.
11. Chance, W.T., Autoanalgesia: opiate and non-opiate mechanisms, Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev., 4 (1980) 55-67.
12. Collerton, D., Cholinergic function and intellectual decline in Alzheimer's disease, Neuroscience, 19 (1986) 1-28.
13. Costa, E., Panula, P., Thompson, H.K. and Cheney, D.L., The trans-synaptic regulation of the septo-hippocampal cholinergic neurons, Life Sci., 32 (1983) 165-179.
14. Costa, E., Tagliamonte, N., Brunello, N. and Cheney, D.L., Effects of stress on the metabolism of acetylcholine in the cholinergic pathways of extrapyramidal and limbic systems. In E. Usdin, R. Kvetnansky and I.J. Kopin (Eds.), Catecholamines and Stress: Recent Advances, Elsevier, New York, 1980, pp. 59-67.
15. Damsma, G., Westerink, B.H. and Horn, A.S., A simple economic assay for choline and acetylcholine using HPLC, an enzyme reactor, and an electrochemical detector, J. Neurochem., 45 (1985) 1649-1652.
16. Day, J., Damsma, G. and Fibiger, H.C., Cholinergic activity in the rat hippocampus, cortex and striatum correlates with locomotor activity: an in vivo microdialysis study, Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav., 38 (1991) 723-729.
17. Dutar, P., Bassant, M.-H., Senut, M.-C. and Lamour, Y., The septohippocampal pathway: structure and function of a central system, Physiol. Rev., 75 (1995) 393-427.
18. Dutar, P., Lamour, Y. and Jobert A., Activation of identified septohippocampal neurones by noxious peripheral stimulation, Brain Res., 328 (1985) 15-21.
19. Feldman, S., Conforti, N. and Weidenfeld, J., Limbic pathways and hypothalamic neurotransmitters mediating adrenocortical responses to neural stimuli, Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev., 19 (1995) 235-240.
20. Finkelstein, Y., Koffler, B., Rabey, J.M. and Gilad, G.M., Dynamics of cholinergic synaptic mechanisms in rat hippocampus after stress, Brain Res., 343 (1985) 314-319.
21. Gentsch, C., Lichtensteiner, M. and Feer, H., Locomotor activity, defecation score and corticosterone levels during an open-field exposure: A comparison among individually and group-housed rats, and genetically selected rat lines, Physiol. Behav., 27 (1981) 183-186.
22. Ghelardini, C., Malmberg-Aiello, P., Giotti, M., Malcangio, M. and Bartolini, A., Investigation into atropine-induced antinociception, Br. J. Pharmacol., 101 (1990) 49-54.
23. Gilad, G.M., Mahon, B.D., Finkelstein, Y., Koffler, B. and Gilad, V.H., Stress-induced activation of the hippocampal cholinergic system and the pituitary-adrenocortical axis, Brain Res., 347 (1985) 404-408.
24. Gilad, G.M., The stress-induced response of the septo-hippocampal cholinergic system. A vectorial outcome of psycho neuroendocrinological interactions, Psychoneuroendocrinology, 12 (1987) 167-184.
25. Gottfries, C.G., Neurochemical aspects of dementia disorders, Dementia, 1 (1990) 56-64.
26. Grau, J.W., Illich, P.A., Chen, P.S. and Meagher M.W., Role of cholinergic systems in pain modulation: I. Impact of scopolamine on environmentally induced hypoalgesia and pain reactivity, Behav. Neurosci., 105 (1991) 62-81.
27. Handa, R.J., Nunley, K.M. and Bollnow, M.R., Induction of c-fos mRNA in the brain and anterior pituitary gland by a novel environment, NeuroReport, 4 (1993) 1079-1082.
28. Harbuz, M.S. and Lightman, S.L., Stress and hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis: acute, chronic and immunological activation, J. Endocrinol., 134 (1992) 327-329.
29. Imperato, A., Puglisi-Allegra, S., Casolini, P. and Angelucci, L., Changes in brain dopamine and acetylcholine release during and following stress are independent of the pituitary-adrenocortical axis, Brain Res., 538 (1991) 111-117.
30. Imperato, A., Puglisi-Allegra, S., Casolini, P., Zocchi, A. and Angelucci, L., Stress-induced enhancement of dopamine and acetyl-choline release in limbic structures: role of corticosterone, Eur. J. Pharmacol., 165 (1989) 337-338.
31. Inglis, F.M. and Fibiger, H.C., Increases in hippocampal and frontal cortical acetylcholine release associated with presentation of sensory stimuli, Neuroscience, 66 (1995) 81-86.
32. Karczmar, A.G., Cholinergic substrates of cognition and organism-environment interaction, Prog. Neuro-Psychopharmacol. Biol. Psychiatry, 19 (1995) 187-211.
33. Kelsey, J.E. and Baker, M.D., Ventromedial septal lesions in rats reduce the effects of inescapable shock in escape performance and analgesia, Behav. Neurosci., 97 (1983) 945-961.
34. Khanna, S. and Sinclair, J.G., Noxious stimuli produce prolonged changes in the CA1 region of the rat hippocampus, Pain, 39 (1989) 337-343.
35. Khanna, S. and Sinclair, J.G., Responses in the CA1 region of the rat hippocampus to a noxious stimulus, Exp. Neurol., 117 (1992) 28-35.
36. Lai, H. and Carino, M.A., Effects of noise on high-affinity choline uptake in the frontal cortex and hippocampus of the rat are blocked by intracerebroventricular injection of corticotropin-releasing factor antagonist, Brain Res., 527 (1990) 354-358.
37. Lai, H., Zabawska, J. and Horita, A., Sodium-dependent, high affinity choline uptake in hippocampus and frontal cortex of the rat affected by acute restraint stress, Brain Res., 372 (1986) 366-369.
38. Magarinos, A.M. and McEwen, B.S., Stress-induced atrophy of apical dendrites of hippocampal CA3 neurons: comparison of stressors, Neuroscience, 69 (1995) 83-88.
39. Meagher, M.W., Grau, J.W. and King, R.A., Role of supraspinal systems in environmentally induced antinociception: effect of spinalization and decerebration on brief shock-induced and long-shock-induced antinociception, Behav. Neurosci., 104 (1990) 328-338.
40. Melzack, R. and Casey, K.L., Sensory motivational and central control determinants of pain. In D.R. Kenshalo (Ed.), The Skin Senses, Thomas, Springfield, IL, 1968 pp. 423-443.
41. Mizuno, T., Endo, Y., Arita, J. and Kimura, F., Acetylcholine release in the rat hippocampus as measured by the microdialysis method correlates with motor activity and exhibits a diurnal variation, Neuroscience, 3 (1991) 607-612.
42. Nilsson, O.G., Kalén, P., Rosengren, E. and Bjorklund, A., Acetyl-choline release in the rat hippocampus as studied by microdialysis is dependent on axonal impulse flow and increases during behavioral activation, Neuroscience, 36 (1990) 325-338.
43. Papa, M., Pellicano, M.P., Welzl, H. and Sadile, A.G., Distributed changes in c-Fos and c-Jun immunoreactivity in the rat brain associated with arousal and habituation to novelty, Brain Res. Bull., 32 (1993) 509-515.
44. Paxinos, G. and Watson, C., The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, 2nd edn., Academic Press, London, 1986.
45. Soulairac, A., Gottesmann, C.L. and Charpentier, J., Effects of pain and of several central analgesics on cortex, hippocampus and reticular formation of brain stem, Int. J. Neuropharmacol., 6 (1967) 71-81.
46. Stewart, D. and Vanderwolf, C.H., Hippocampal rhythmical slow activity following ibotenic acid lesions of the septal region. I. Relations to behavior and effects of atropine and urethane, Brain Res., 423 (1987) 88-100.
47. Terry, W.S., Habituation and dishabituation of rats' exploration of a novel environment, Animal Learn. Behav., 7 (1979) 525-536.
48. Tjolsen, A., Berge, O.-G., Hunskaar, S., Rosland, J.H. and Hole, K., The formalin test: an evaluation of the method, Pain, 51 (1992) 5-17.
49. Vanderwolf, C.H., Cerebral activity and behavior: control by central cholinergic and serotonergic systems, Int. Rev. Neurobiol., 30 (1988) 225-340.
50. Zimmermann, M., Ethical guidelines for investigations of experimental pain in conscious animals, Pain, 16 (1983) 109-110.