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Medial Prefrontal Cortex Inversely Regulates Toluene-Induced Changes in Markers of Synaptic Plasticity of Mesolimbic Dopamine Neurons

Jacob T. Beckley, Caitlin E. Evins, Hleb Fedarovich, Meghin J. Gilstrap and John J. Woodward
Journal of Neuroscience 9 January 2013, 33 (2) 804-813; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3729-12.2013
Jacob T. Beckley
Department of Neurosciences, and Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
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Caitlin E. Evins
Department of Neurosciences, and Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
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Hleb Fedarovich
Department of Neurosciences, and Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
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Meghin J. Gilstrap
Department of Neurosciences, and Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
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John J. Woodward
Department of Neurosciences, and Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
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Abstract

Toluene is a volatile solvent that is intentionally inhaled by children, adolescents, and adults for its intoxicating effects. Although voluntary use of toluene suggests that it possesses rewarding properties and abuse potential, it is unknown whether toluene alters excitatory synaptic transmission in reward-sensitive dopamine neurons like other drugs of abuse. Here, using a combination of retrograde labeling and slice electrophysiology, we show that a brief in vivo exposure of rats to a behaviorally relevant concentration of toluene vapor enhances glutamatergic synaptic strength of dopamine (DA) neurons projecting to nucleus accumbens core and medial shell neurons. This effect persisted for up to 3 d in mesoaccumbens core DA neurons and for at least 21 d in those projecting to the medial shell. In contrast, toluene vapor exposure had no effect on synaptic strength of DA neurons that project to the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Furthermore, infusion of GABAergic modulators into the mPFC before vapor exposure to pharmacologically manipulate output, inhibited, or potentiated toluene's action on mesoaccumbens DA neurons. Together, the results of these studies indicate that toluene induces a target-selective increase in mesolimbic DA neuron synaptic transmission and strongly implicates the mPFC as an important regulator of drug-induced plasticity of mesolimbic dopamine neurons.

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Jacob T. Beckley, Caitlin E. Evins, Hleb Fedarovich, Meghin J. Gilstrap, John J. Woodward
Journal of Neuroscience 9 January 2013, 33 (2) 804-813; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3729-12.2013

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Journal of Neuroscience 9 January 2013, 33 (2) 804-813; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3729-12.2013
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