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  • Title: In vivo evidence for acetylcholine control of serotonin release in the cat caudate nucleus: influence of halothane anaesthesia.
    Author: Becquet D, Faudon M, Hery F.
    Journal: Neuroscience; 1988 Dec; 27(3):819-26. PubMed ID: 3252174.
    Abstract:
    Using a push-pull cannula technique and an isotopic method for the estimation of [3H]serotonin continuously synthesized from [3H]tryptophan, the effects of acetylcholine were investigated on the in vivo release of [3H]serotonin in the cat basal ganglia and the dorsal raphe nucleus. The unilateral striatal application of acetylcholine (5 x 10(-5) M) reduced local release of [3H]serotonin. This effect was mimicked by nicotine (5 x 10(-5) M) and prevented by mecamylamine (10(-6) M. Oxotremorine (5 x 10(-5) M) had no effect on the local release of [3H]serotonin. All these treatments failed to modify [3H]serotonin release in the ipsilateral substantia nigra or in the dorsal raphe nucleus. The superfusion of serotonergic nerve terminals of the caudate nucleus with tetrodotoxin prevented the inhibitory acetylcholine-induced effect on serotonin release. Furthermore, bicuculline (5 x 10(-5) M) in the caudate nucleus blocked the effect of nicotine, while gamma-aminobutyric acid (10(-5) M) induced a decrease in local release of [3H]serotonin. These data strongly suggest that the inhibitory control exerted by acetylcholine on serotonergic transmission could involve gamma-aminobutyric acid interneurons. Acetylcholine-induced changes in [3H]serotonin release were only observed in non-anaesthetized "encéphale isolé" cats and not in halothane-anaesthetized animals. The possibility that such a regulation could be presynaptic (direct or through other neurotransmitters) or related to a change in the activity of the serotonergic raphe-striatal neuronal system is discussed.
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