Abstract
We examined the effect of prazosin, a selective α 1-adrenergic receptor antagonist, on the enhanced spontaneous locomotor activity in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. Spontaneous locomotor activity in diabetic mice was significantly greater than that in nondiabetic mice. Pretreatment with either intracerebroventricular (5, 10 nmol) or intraperitoneal (0.5, 1.0 mg/kg) injection of prazosin dose-dependently reduced the spontaneous locomotor activity in diabetic mice, but not in nondiabetic mice. Furthermore, the enhanced dopamine turnover ratio in the limbic forebrain in diabetic mice was reduced to the same level as that in nondiabetic mice after the administration of prazosin. Thus, these results suggest that α 1-adrenergic receptors might play an important role in the enhanced spontaneous locomotor activity in diabetic mice. Furthermore, α 1-adrenoceptor antagonism might have an inhibitory effect on presynaptic dopaminergic neurotransmission in the limbic forebrain in diabetic mice.
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