Absence of modification of tyramine pressor effects by octopamine in reserpinized rats.
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Two experiments were carried out in rats to investigate the mechanisms by which dopamine (DA) synthesis is regulated. First, a unilateral lesion was made in the substantia nigra, thus interrupting the nervous impulse flow of the nigro-striatal pathway. Secondly, the release of DA in the striatum was blocked by means of 1-hydroxy-3-amino-pyrrolidone-2 (HA-966). In both experiments the synthesis rate of DA was accelerated as was shown by analysing the time course of the specific activity of striatal DA after an i.v. injection of 3,5-3H-tyrosine. Furthermore the influence of apomorphine on the rate of DA synthesis, accelerated by HA-966 or by lesion, was investigated. Apomorphine appeared to block the increase of DA synthesis. The results are discussed in the light of a transsynaptic feedback mechanism.