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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-5-24
pubmed:abstractText
Neonatal rats were exposed to 2 hr of hypoxia (7% O2) on the day after birth and examined for effects on development of noradrenergic and dopaminergic systems. Measurements were made of transmitter levels and turnover, the latter a biochemical index of neuronal activity. Hypoxia had a regionally selective effect, characterized by a long-lasting increase in turnover of norepinephrine and dopamine in midbrain and brainstem, with little or no effect in cerebral cortex or cerebellum. The effects of hypoxia were exacerbated when peripheral alpha-adrenergic receptors were blocked with phenoxybenzamine during the hypoxic exposure; in this case, the same abnormalities were then seen in the cerebral cortex as well. Thus, the release of peripheral catecholamines during the hypoxic insult, and their actions at alpha-adrenergic receptors, may play a role in protecting the neonatal nervous system from hypoxia-induced alterations.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0361-9230
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
157-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of acute hypoxia on neonatal rat brain: regionally selective, long-term alterations in catecholamine levels and turnover.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't