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  • Title: Histamine excites GABAergic cells in the rat substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area in vitro.
    Author: Korotkova TM, Haas HL, Brown RE.
    Journal: Neurosci Lett; 2002 Mar 08; 320(3):133-6. PubMed ID: 11852180.
    Abstract:
    We have investigated the effect of histamine (HA) on spontaneous firing of dopaminergic (DA) and GABAergic neurons in the substantia nigra (SN) and the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of the rat in vitro. Single-unit extracellular recordings were obtained and drugs were bath applied. In both regions application of HA (10 and 100 microM) did not affect the firing frequency of DAergic cells, but increased the firing of GABAergic neurons. The histamine-induced excitation was blocked by the H(1) receptor antagonist mepyramine (1 microM), but was unaffected by application of the H(2) antagonist cimetidine (50 microM) or the H(3) antagonist thioperamide (10 microM). Our results suggest that histamine does not directly inhibit dopaminergic neurons in SN and VTA, but rather that this inhibition is mediated through histamine-induced excitation of GABAergic neurons.
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