Abstract
The effects of lesioning monoamine pathways in the rat brain on tremorine-induced hindlimb tremor and rigidity were studied. Nigro-striatal and mesolimbic dopamine (DA) neurones were lesioned unilaterally by injecting 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) into the median forebrain bundle. Tremor was reduced in the contralateral leg and rigidity was prevented in the ipsilateral leg. Injection of 6-OHDA into the nucleus accumbens affected tremor but not rigidity. In general, nigral DA neurones may influence rigidity whilst mesolimbic DA neurones affect tremor. A unilateral locus coeruleus electrolesion which destroys noradrenaline (NA) fibres reduced both tremor and rigidity. A median raphe electrolytic lesion affecting 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) neurones had no effect on tremor and rigidity. whereas lesioning the dorsal raphe electrolytically or by injecting 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine prevented rigidity without affecting tremor. Electrical stimulation of the dorsal raphe increased transiently the hindlimb tone of normal rats. The findings demonstrate that the monoamines, especially 5-HT, are differently involved in the mechanisms of tremor and rigidity produced by tremorine.
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