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Slow phasic and tonic activity of ventral pallidal neurons during cocaine self-administration.
Root, David H; Fabbricatore, Anthony T; Pawlak, Anthony P; Barker, David J; Ma, Sisi; West, Mark O.
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  • Root DH; Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA.
Synapse ; 66(2): 106-27, 2012 Feb.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21953543
Ventral pallidal (VP) neurons exhibit rapid phasic firing patterns within seconds of cocaine-reinforced responses. The present investigation examined whether VP neurons exhibited firing rate changes: (1) over minutes during the inter-infusion interval (slow phasic patterns) and/or (2) over the course of the several-hour self-administration session (tonic firing patterns) relative to pre-session firing. Approximately three-quarters (43/54) of VP neurons exhibited slow phasic firing patterns. The most common pattern was a post-infusion decrease in firing followed by a progressive reversal of firing over minutes (51.16%; 22/43). Early reversals were predominantly observed anteriorly whereas progressive and late reversals were observed more posteriorly. Approximately half (51.85%; 28/54) of the neurons exhibited tonic firing patterns consisting of at least a two-fold change in firing. Most cells decreased firing during drug loading, remained low over self-administration maintenance, and reversed following lever removal. Over a whole experiment (tonic) timescale, the majority of neurons exhibited an inverse relationship between calculated drug level and firing rates during loading and post-self-administration behaviors. Fewer neurons exhibited an inverse relationship of calculated drug level and tonic firing rate during self-administration maintenance but, among those that did, nearly all were progressive reversal neurons. The present results show that, similar to its main afferent the nucleus accumbens, VP exhibits both slow phasic and tonic firing patterns during cocaine self-administration. Given that VP neurons are principally GABAergic, the predominant slow phasic decrease and tonic decrease firing patterns within the VP may indicate a disinhibitory influence upon its thalamocortical, mesolimbic, and nigrostriatal targets during cocaine self-administration.
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Texto completo: 1 Bases de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Gânglios da Base / Potenciais de Ação / Cocaína / Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Cocaína / Globo Pálido / Neurônios Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Synapse Assunto da revista: NEUROLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Bases de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Gânglios da Base / Potenciais de Ação / Cocaína / Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Cocaína / Globo Pálido / Neurônios Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Synapse Assunto da revista: NEUROLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos