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The Journal of Neuroscience, February 1, 2000, 20(3):1208-1215
Enhanced and Impaired Attentional Performance After Infusion of
D1 Dopaminergic Receptor Agents into Rat Prefrontal Cortex
Sylvie
Granon,
Filippo
Passetti,
Kerrie L.
Thomas,
Jeffrey W.
Dalley,
Barry J.
Everitt, and
Trevor W.
Robbins
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge,
Cambridge CB2 3EB, United Kingdom
The role in spatial divided and sustained attention of D1 and
D2-like dopamine (DA) receptors in the rat prelimbic medial prefrontal
cortex (mPFC) was investigated in a five-choice serial reaction time
task. Rats were trained to detect brief flashes of light (0.5-0.25
sec) presented randomly in a spatial array of five apertures. When
performance stabilized, animals received bilateral microinfusions of
either the D1 DA receptor antagonist SCH 23390, the D1 DA receptor
agonist SKF 38393, or the D2 DA antagonist sulpiride into the mPFC.
Rats were divided into two groups, with low (<75% correct) and high
(>75%) baseline levels of accuracy. Infusions of the D2 receptor
antagonist sulpiride had no significant effect on any task variable.
SCH 23390 (0.3 µg) selectively impaired the accuracy of attentional
performance in rats in the high baseline condition. By contrast, SKF
38393 (0.06 µg) enhanced the accuracy of attentional performance in the low baseline condition, a lower dose (0.03 µg) also increasing the speed of making correct responses. Finally, the beneficial effects
of SKF-383893 on choice accuracy were antagonized by SCH 23390 (1.0 µg).
The results provide apparently the first demonstration of enhanced
cognitive function after local administration of a D1 receptor agonist
to the mPFC and suggest dissociable roles of D1 and D2 DA receptors of
the mPFC in modulating attentional function.
Key words:
prefrontal cortex; attention; dopamine; cognition; D1
receptor; D2 receptor; sulpiride; SKF 38393, SCH 23390
Copyright © 2000 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/00/2031208-08$05.00/0
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