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11226395

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
Recent studies have suggested that the substance P (tachykinin NK(1)) receptor may be a pharmacological target for the treatment of mood disorders. Here, the effects of electroconvulsive shock on tachykinin NK(1) receptor gene expression in the rat brain was investigated. Rats received either a single electroconvulsive shock or five shocks on alternate days. Quantitative autoradiography with [(125)I]Bolton Hunter-substance P, and in situ hybridisation histochemistry, were used to measure tachykinin NK(1) receptor-binding site densities and mRNA abundance, respectively. Densities of tachykinin NK(1) receptor-binding sites were significantly increased in the cerebral cortex following repeated electroconvulsive shock compared to sham treated animals. Densities remained unchanged in the hippocampus, striatum and amygdala. Neither single nor repeated electroconvulsive shock altered tachykinin NK(1) receptor mRNA in the brain regions examined. Hence, repeated electroconvulsive shock increases tachykinin NK(1) receptors in the rat brain in a regionally specific way. Upregulation of receptor-binding sites without a change in mRNA indicates that translational or post-translational mechanisms underlie this process.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0014-2999
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
413
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
213-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Electroconvulsive shock increases tachykinin NK(1) receptors, but not the encoding mRNA, in rat cortex.
pubmed:affiliation
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Neuroscience Building, Headington, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK. phil.burnet@psych.ox.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article