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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 42 (1986), S. 1244-1245 
    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Serotonin ; uptake ; vascular smooth muscle ; rat
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Accumulations of serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) were compared in control and 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) pretreated rat aorta, mesenteric and tail arteries. The distribution of these amines was corrected by subtracting tissue uptake of tritiated sorbitol in the extracellular space. 5-HT greatly accumulated both in control and 6-OHDA pretreated arteries. In contrast, NE accumulation in mesenteric and tail arteries was substantially decreased after 6-OHDA treatment. In the aorta 6-OHDA pretreatment did not affect the accumulation of both amines. These findings suggest that 5-HT accumulation in these arteries is mainly extraneuronal, and NE mainly neuronal. Since the accumulation of 5-HT in the aorta was not influenced by pretreatment with 10 μM NE, the extraneuronal uptake mechanisms for 5-HT and NE appear to be different.
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    Pflügers Archiv 382 (1979), S. 87-90 
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Temperature regulation ; Beta-endorphin ; Hypothermia ; Serotonin
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The effects of intraventricular administration of beta-endorphin on thermoregulatory responses of unanesthetized rats to different ambient temperatures (T a ) of 8, 22 and 30°C were assessed. Administration of beta-endorphin produced a fall in rectal temperature at bothT a 8 and 22°C. The hypothermia in response to beta-endorphin was brought about by both cutaneous vasodilation (as indicated by an increase in both the tail and the foot skin temperatures) and decreases in metabolic heat production. However, atT a 30°C, administration of beta-endorphin produced no change in rectal temperature or other thermoregulatory responses. Furthermore, the hypothermic effect induced by beta-endorphin was greatly attenuated by either the depletion of brain serotonin levels (with 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine andp-chlorophenylanine) or the blockade of opiate receptors (with naloxone). The data indicate that beta-endorphin leads to hypothermia in rats by increasing sensible heat loss and decreasing metabolic heat production, probably via the release of endogenous serotonin within brain.
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    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 346 (1992), S. 333-338 
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: Antinociception ; Clonidine ; Serotonin ; Spinal cord ; Medulla oblongata ; 5,7-Dihydroxytryptamine ; Cyproheptadine ; Yohimbine
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The possible involvement of spinal 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) pathways in antinociception induced by microinjection of clonidine into the ventrolateral surface of the medulla oblongata was investigated in rats. Microinjection of clonidine (10-20 µg), but not yohimbine (1 µg) or 0.9% saline, into the lateral medulla prolonged the hot plate latency in rats. This clonidine-induced antinociception was abolished by intramedullary injection of the alpha2-adrenoceptor antagonist, yohimbine. Selective destruction of spinal 5-HT neurons produced by intraspinal injection of 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT; 10 µg) or postsynaptic blockade of spinal 5-HT receptors produced by intrathecal injection of cyproheptadine (1 µg; a mixed 5-HT1/5-HT2 antagonist) also abolished clonidine-induced antinociception. Rats given 5,7-DHT intraspinally or cyproheptadine intrathecally showed a decrease in hot plate latency as compared with the controls. In anesthetized rats, the 5-HT release from the thoracic spinal cord was enhanced by microinjection of clonidine into the lateral medulla. This enhanced spinal 5-HT release evoked by intramedullary injection of clonidine was abolished by pretreatment of rats with intraspinal injection of 5,7-DHT. These results indicate that 5-HT pathways to the spinal cord mediate the antinociceptive effect induced by microinjection of clonidine into the ventrolateral surface of the medulla oblongata in rats.
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