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  • 5,7-Dihydroxytryptamine  (3)
  • Dopamine  (3)
  • 1
    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Dopamine ; neuroleptics ; natural killer cell ; spleen lymphocytes ; interferon ; interleukin-2
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The effects of dopaminergic receptor inhibitors such as thiothixine (D1/D2), fluphenazine (D1/D2), trifluoperazine (D1/D2), pimozide (D2), flupenthixol (D1/D2), (+/−)-SKF 83566 (D1), and spiperone (D2) on splenic natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxic activities were assessed in vitro using mouse spleen lymphocytes or enriched NK cells. Both the activities of the splenic NK cell cytotoxicity and the effector-target cell conjugation were suppressed by thiothixine, fluphenazine, and trifluoperazine at concentrations from 2.64 to 14.78 μM. In addition, the augmentation of the cytolytic activity of NK cells induced by interferon-α or interleukin-2 was antagonized by pretreatment with these neuroleptic compounds. However, neither the splenic NK cell cytotoxicity nor the effector-target cell conjugation were affected by treatment with other neuroleptic compounds such as pimozide, flupenthixol, (+/−)-SKF 83566, and spiperone. Thus, it appears that neuroleptic compounds such as thiothixine, fluphenazine, and trifluoperazine may act through the mechanisms other than a dopaminergic pathway to affect the NK cell-target cell interaction.
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  • 2
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    Pflügers Archiv 416 (1990), S. 604-608 
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Glucoregulation ; Spinal serotonin nerves ; Electrical stimulation ; Ventrolateral medulla ; 5,7-Dihydroxytryptamine
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The glucoregulatory role of spinally projecting serotonin (5-HT) neurones near the ventrolateral surface of the medulla oblongata was investigated by stimulating these nerve cells in normal rats and in rats with selective chemical ablation of 5-HT nerves in the spinal cord. Electrical stimulation of the lateral medulla produced hyperglycaemia in normal rats; the increase in blood glucose was proportional to the intensity and frequency of stimulation. Furthermore, microinjection of kainic acid or L-glutamate at the same sites also produced hyperglycaemia. This stimulation-induced hyperglycaemia was significantly reduced by spinal transection or adrenalectomy. Selective destruction of spinal 5-HT nerves produced by intraspinal injection of 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine also reduced the magnitude of the hyperglycaemia response to electrical stimulation of the lateral medulla. This indicates that stimulation of 5-HT nerve cells adjacent to the ventrolateral surface of the medulla oblongata and projecting to the spinal cord increases the adrenal-sympathetic efferent activity and leads to hyperglycaemia in rats.
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  • 3
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    Pflügers Archiv 417 (1991), S. 441-445 
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Glucoregulation ; Serotonin ; Hypothalamus ; Electrical stimulation ; Raphe nucleus ; Kainic acid ; 5,7-Dihydroxytryptamine ; l-Glutamate ; Voltammetry
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The role played by dorsal or median raphe nuclei in glucoregulation was investigated by stimulating these nuclei in normal rats and in rats with chemical ablation of the hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) nerve cells in these nuclei. Electrical stimulation of either dorsal or median raphe nuclei increased blood glucose or the in vivo voltammetric signal of hypothalamic 5-OH-indole in normal rats; the increase in blood glucose level or the hypothalamic 5-OH-indole release was proportional to the intensity of stimulation. Microinjection of kainic acid or l-glutamate at the same sites also produced hyperglycemia or stimulated the hypothalamic 5-OH-indole release. This stimulation-induced hyperglycemia was significantly reduced by pretreatment of animals with spinal transection or adrenalectomy. In addition, selective destruction of the hypothalamic 5-HT nerve fibers, produced by administration of 5,7-di-hydroxytryptamine (a 5-HT nerve depletor) into both dorsal and median raphe regions, reduced the magnitude of the hyperglycemic responses to electrical stimulation of either dorsal or median raphe nuclei. The data indicate that stimulation of ascending 5-HT pathways in the rat's brain increases the adrenal-sympathetic efferent activity and leads to hyperglycemia.
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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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    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 325 (1984), S. 131-135 
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: Noradrenaline ; Hypothalamus ; Dopamine ; Thermoregulation ; 6-Hydroxydopamine ; Hyperthermia ; Metabolism-vasoconstriction
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary 1. Rats which had been pretreated with 3 intrahypothalamic doses of 10 μg of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) to cause a selective depletion of hypothalamic noradrenaline to 26.7% of control hypothalamic noradrenaline maintained rectal temperature within the normal limits displayed by the control group. However, noradrenalinedepleted rats displayed a decrease in both cutaneous temperature and metabolic heat production in the cold (8°C). 2. Intrahypothalamic injections of 6-OHDA in normal rats at room temperature (22°C) caused an acute hyperthermia of up to 1.1°C which lasted for about 6 h. The acute hyperthermia in response to 6-OHDA was due to both cutaneous vasoconstriction and increased metabolism in the rat. Selective depletion of hypothalamic noradrenaline without affecting hypothalamic dopamine by prior treatment with 6-OHDA markedly reduced the hyperthermic responses to a subsequent dose of 6-OHDA. Therefore, the acute hyperthermic responses to 6-OHDA may be related to a release of noradrenaline in the hypothalamus. 3. The data indicate that activation of noradrenergic pathways in the hypothalamus facilities heat production and inhibits heat loss mechanisms in the rat.
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    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 346 (1992), S. 504-510 
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: Thermoregulation ; Dopamine ; Substantia nigra ; Corpus striatum ; Voltammetry ; Medial forebrain bundle ; Metabolism
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The effects of stimulating the pars compacta of the substantia nigra (SNC) on thermoregulation were assessed in normal rats, in rats with chemical lesion of the SNC dopamine (DA) pathways and in rats with striatal DA receptor blockade. Electrical stimulation of the SNC produced hypothermia, decreased metabolism and/or cutaneous vasoconstriction in rats at ambient temperatures (T a ) below 22°C, as well as hyperthermia and cutaneous vasoconstriction in rats at T a of 30°C. Microinjection of an excitotoxic amino acid (kainic acid) at the same brain sites also produced the same thermal responses. In vivo voltammetric studies revealed that electrical or chemical stimulation of the SNC produced an increase in striatal DA release. The enhanced striatal DA release induced by SNC stimulation was attenuated in rats after selective destruction of the nigrostriatal DA pathway by administration of 6-hydroxydopamine into the medial forebrain bundle. In addition, the magnitude of the thermal responses produced by the SNC stimulation in the cold was attenuated by selective bilateral destruction of the nigrostriatal DA pathways or selective blockade of the striatal DA produced by intrastriatal infusion of haloperidol, a DA receptor antagonist. The results indicate that stimulation of the SNC inhibits both heat production and heat loss mechanisms in the rat.
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