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  • Title: Changes in monoamine metabolites measured by simultaneous in vivo differential pulse voltammetry and intracerebral dialysis.
    Author: Sharp T, Maidment NT, Brazell MP, Zetterström T, Ungerstedt U, Bennett GW, Marsden CA.
    Journal: Neuroscience; 1984 Aug; 12(4):1213-21. PubMed ID: 6207457.
    Abstract:
    A direct comparison has been made of the drug-induced changes in extracellular levels of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid measured using intracerebral dialysis and differential pulse voltammetry with carbon fibre electrodes. The comparison was carried out in chloral hydrate anaesthetized rats with a pretreated carbon fibre electrode implanted in one striatum and an intracerebral dialysis loop in the contralateral striatum. 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid in the dialysis perfusates were assayed by high pressure liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. d-Amphetamine (2 mg/kg) decreased extracellular 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and the height of the 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid oxidation peak, while haloperidol (0.5 mg/kg) increased 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid levels measured in the perfusates and the height of the 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid oxidation peak. In these experiments there were parallel changes in 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid levels and peak height and a close correlation between these changes. Tranylcypromine (10 mg/kg) produced an almost parallel decrease in extracellular 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (dialysis) and the height of the 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid oxidation peak, with similar percentage changes and good correlation values being obtained. However, while 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan (25 mg/kg) increased both the 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid levels and the height of the 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid oxidation peak, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid in the dialysis perfusates showed a greater increase than the oxidation peak. The results show a close correlation between changes in extracellular 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and its respective voltammetric peak and strongly support the use of in vivo differential pulse voltammetry for monitoring dopamine metabolism.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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