• Synapse · Aug 2000

    Olfactory bulbectomy alters NMDA receptor levels in the rat prefrontal cortex.

    • H H Webster, G Flores, E R Marcotte, D Cecyre, R Quirion, and L K Srivastava.
    • Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, dépt. de Psychiatre, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
    • Synapse. 2000 Aug 1; 37 (2): 159-62.

    AbstractOlfactory bulbectomized (OBX) rats show a variety of behavioral and biochemical deficits that parallel human depression. We investigated the expression of glutamate receptor subtypes in cortical and subcortical brain regions following bilateral olfactory bulbectomy in adult rats. Quantitative receptor autoradiography using [(125)I]MK-801 (NMDA receptor), [(3)H]AMPA (AMPA receptor), and [(3)H]kainate (kainate receptor) was performed on brain sections at 1-5 weeks following olfactory bulbectomy. Our results show an elevation of NMDA receptors in the medial prefrontal cortex within 1 week following bulbectomy, which persisted up to at least 5 weeks post-bulbectomy. Neither kainate nor AMPA receptors were altered in any brain region examined. The potential significance of these results is discussed in light of experimental findings supporting a role for NMDA receptors in the mechanism of action of antidepressant drugs and the pathophysiology of major depression.Copyright 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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