| Autor: |
Mijnster MJ; Research Institute of Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Ingham CA, Meredith GE, Docter GJ, Arbuthnott GW |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
The European journal of neuroscience [Eur J Neurosci] 1996 Apr; Vol. 8 (4), pp. 716-26. |
| DOI: |
10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01257.x |
| Abstrakt: |
The morphological plasticity of an identified population of synaptic boutons in the rat neostriatum was investigated 24 h (short-term treatment) or 14 days (long-term treatment) after administration of the depot neuroleptic, haloperidol decanoate. Specific methionine(5)-enkephalin antiserum was used to label bouton profiles in the dorsal neostriatum. The size and shape of these boutons was subsequently analysed with quantitative methods at the ultrastructural level. Immunoreactive synaptic bouton profiles were found to have a larger cross-sectional area, to be less circular in shape and to have a longer maximum diameter after long-term neuroleptic treatment. These parameters were not significantly affected by short-term neuroleptic treatment. The morphological parameters indicate that methionine(5)-enkephalin-immunoreactive boutons become enlarged, probably by elongating. This suggests that boutons containing methionine(5)-enkephalin increase their potential synaptic efficacy in the long term after neuroleptic treatment. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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