Intrastriatal administration of methylmercury increases in vivo dopamine release

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 225-229

  Faro, L R F ^a   Do Nascimento, J L M ^a   San Jose J M ^c   Alfonso, M ^c   Duran R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dopamine; Methylmercury; Microdialysis; Striatum

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034036341     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007571403413     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Aschner, M. and Aschner, J. L. 1990. Mercury neurotoxicity: Mechanisms of blood-brain barrier transport. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 14:169-176.
2. Atchison, W. D. 1987. Effects of activation of sodium and calcium entry on spontaneous release of acetylcholine induced by methylmercury. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 241:131-139.
3. Atchison, W. D. and Hare, M. F. 1994. Mechanism of methyl-mercury-induced neurotoxicity. FASEB J. 8:622-629.
4. Bondy, S. C., Anderson, C. L., Harrington, M. E., and Prasad, K. N. 1979. Effects of organic and inorganic lead and mercury on neurotransmitter high-affinity transport and release mechanisms. Environ. Res. 19:102-111.
5. Chang, L. W. 1975. Neurotoxic effects of mercury: A Review. Environ. Res. 14:329-373.
6. Faro, L. R. F., Durán R., do Nascimento, J. L. M., Alfonso. M., and Picanço-Diniz C. W. 1997. Effects of methylmercury on the in vivo release of dopamine and its acidic metabolites DOPAC and HVA from striatum of rats. Ecol. Environ. Saf. 38:95-98.
7. Faro, L. R. F., do Nascimento, J. L. M., Alfonso. M., and Durán, R. 1998. Acute administration of methylmercury changes the in vivo dopamine release from rat striatum. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 60:632-638.
8. Imperato, A. and Di Chiara, G. 1984. Trans-striatal dialysis coupled to reverse-phase high perfomance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection: A new method for the study of the in vivo release of endogenous dopamine and metabolites. J. Neurosci. 4:966-977.
9. 2+ by neurotoxic organometals: Distinctive mechanisms. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 88:77-86.
10. Komulainen, H. and Tuomisto, J. 1981. Interference of methyl-mercury with monoamine uptake and release in rat brain synaptosomes. Acta Pharmacol. Toxicol. 48:214-222.
11. Minnema, D. J., Cooper, G. P., and Greenland, R. D. 1989. Effects of methylmercury on neurotransmitters release from rat brain synaptosomes. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 99:510-521.
12. Moller-Madsen, B. 1994. Localization of mercury in CNS of the rat. Pharmacol. Toxicol. 75:1-41.
13. Pellegrino, L. J., Pellegrino, A. S., and Cushman, A. J. 1979. A stereotaxic atlas of the rat brain. New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation.
14. Westerink, B. H. C. 1985. Sequence and significance of dopamine metabolism in the rat brain. Neurochem. Int. 7:221-227.