Differential effects of amphetamine and GBR-12909 on orolingual motor function in young vs aged F344/BN rats

作者：Smittkamp Susan; Spalding Heather; Zhang Hongyu; Stanford John A^*

来源：Psychopharmacology, 2014, 231(24): 4695-4701.

DOI：10.1007/s00213-014-3620-4

• Aging
• Aging
• Oromotor
• Bradykinesia
• Movement
• Licking
• Operant
• Tongue

Orolingual motor deficits, such as dysarthria and dysphagia, contribute to increased morbidity and mortality in the elderly. In preclinical studies, we and others have reported age-related decreases in tongue motility in both F344 and F344/BN rats. The fact that these deficits are associated with nigrostriatal dopamine (DA), tissue measures suggest that increasing dopamine function might normalize tongue motility. %26lt;br%26gt;The purpose of the current study was to determine whether two indirect dopamine agonists with locomotor-enhancing effects, d-amphetamine (amphetamine; 1 and 2 mg/kg) and GBR-12909 (5, 10, and 20 mg/kg), can improve tongue motility in aged F344/BN rats. %26lt;br%26gt;Young (6 months) and aged (30 months) F344/BN rats licked water from an isometric force disc so that tongue motility (licks/second) and tongue force could be measured as a function of age and drug dose. %26lt;br%26gt;Consistent with our previous studies, tongue force was greater and tongue motility was lower in the aged group. Tongue motility was increased by amphetamine but not by GBR-12909. Amphetamine decreased peak tongue force, primarily in the young group. GBR-12909 did not affect tongue force. GBR-12909 increased the number of licks/session in the young group but not in the aged group, while amphetamine increased this measure in both groups. %26lt;br%26gt;These results demonstrate differential effects of these drugs on orolingual motor function and suggest that blocking DA uptake is insufficient to increase tongue motility in aging.

• 出版日期2014-12