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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1976-1-8
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pubmed:abstractText |
The effects of methamphetamine on tritiated and endogenous norepinephrine metabolism was examined in various regions of brain. In acute experiments, 30 minutes or 5 hours after methamphetamine i.p., 3H-norepinephrine was injected into the cisterna magna. In chronic experiments, rats were administered increasing doses of methamphetamine twice a day for 17 days, then 18 hours after the last dose of methamphetamine, 3H-norepinephrine was injected intracisternally. All rats were killed 5 minutes after the intracisternal injection and their brains removed, dissected into five parts and assayed for endogenous norepinephrine, 3H-norepinephrine and its metabolites. In rats treated acutely, methamphetamine caused a significant block in uptake of 3H-norepinephrine and a marked increase in the content of 3H-normetanephrine in all regions except the cortex. Five hours after methamphetamine administration, increased levels of 3H-norepinephrine occurred in the pons-medulla, whereas endogenous norepinephrine content tended to decrease in most regions. In rats treated chronically, enhanced accumulation of 3H-norepinephrine was also confined to the pons-medulla region, whereas endogenous levels of norepinephrine were high in the pons-medulla and low in the hypothalamus and cortex. These data suggest that chronic administration of methamphetamine affects either catecholaminergic nerve cell bodies or nerve terminals in the pons-medulla differentially, as compared to other regions studied.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Oct
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pubmed:issn |
0022-3565
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
195
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
87-93
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:1181408-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:1181408-Brain,
pubmed-meshheading:1181408-Caudate Nucleus,
pubmed-meshheading:1181408-Cerebellum,
pubmed-meshheading:1181408-Cerebral Cortex,
pubmed-meshheading:1181408-Cisterna Magna,
pubmed-meshheading:1181408-Hypothalamus,
pubmed-meshheading:1181408-Injections,
pubmed-meshheading:1181408-Injections, Intraperitoneal,
pubmed-meshheading:1181408-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:1181408-Medulla Oblongata,
pubmed-meshheading:1181408-Mesencephalon,
pubmed-meshheading:1181408-Methamphetamine,
pubmed-meshheading:1181408-Norepinephrine,
pubmed-meshheading:1181408-Pons,
pubmed-meshheading:1181408-Rats,
pubmed-meshheading:1181408-Time Factors
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pubmed:year |
1975
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Effect of methamphetamine on norepinephrine metabolism in various regions of brain.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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