The Effect of Intravenous Administration of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol on the Activity of A10 Dopamine Neurons Recorded in vivo in Anesthetized Rats
作者:
Andrew N. Gifford,
Eliot L. Gardner,
Charles R. Ashby, Jr.,
期刊:
Neuropsychobiology
(Karger Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 36,
issue 2
页码: 96-99
ISSN:0302-282X
年代: 1997
DOI:10.1159/000119369
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Cannabis;Cannabinoid;Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol;Dopamine;Ventral tegmental area;Electrophysiology;Reinforcement;Reward
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
In this pilot study, we examined the effect of the intravenous administration of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on the activity of spontaneously active A10 dopamine (DA) neurons of anesthetized, male albino rats. This was accomplished using the technique of in vivo extracellular single-unit recording. The administration of THC (0.05–1.6 mg/kg i.v.) did not significantly alter either the basal firing rate or the firing pattern of spontaneously active A10 DA neurons compared to vehicle controls. Our findings suggest that, unlike a number of drugs of abuse, THC does not alter the activity of A10 DA neurons and that the previously reported THC-induced increase in brain DA levels is not due to its action on firing rate or pattern in A10 DA neuron
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