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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-7-21
pubmed:abstractText
To investigate the effects on the central nervous system of severe cold stress with and without chlorpromazine, guinea pigs were treated with chlorpromazine or 0.9% NaCl and exposed to -20 degrees C or +23 degrees C for 1 h. Hypothalamic noradrenaline (NA), dopamine (DA), 5-hydroxy-tryptamine (5-HT), 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl ethylene glycol (MHPG), homovanillinic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxy-indoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography. Serum, urinary and vitreous fluid catecholamines, muscle and liver glycogen, and blood glucose were also measured. Chlorpromazine caused distinct hypothermia at -20 degrees C and slight hypothermia at +23 degrees C. The rise in hypothalamic MHPG, 5-HIAA and MHPG/NA and in 5-HIAA/5-HT ratios in the cold indicate increased noradrenergic and serotonergic activity. The latter was inhibited by chlorpromazine and a drug-induced inhibition of noradrenergic neurons could not be ruled out. Chlorpromazine increased the turnover of DA at room temperature and the same tendency was seen in the cold. The hypothermic animals had low serum catecholamines, indicating diminished sympathetic activity. The chlorpromazine-treated cold-exposed animals did not react to the environmental stress by sympathetic activation, as urinary NA and adrenaline were not elevated, but DA was excreted by all the drug-treated animals. Vitreous fluid NA and DA were elevated as an indicator of cold stress, and no drug effect was seen in this fluid.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0044-3433
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
377-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Arousal, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Blood Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Body Temperature Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Chlorpromazine, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Cold Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Dopamine, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Epinephrine, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Glycogen, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Guinea Pigs, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Homovanillic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Hypothalamus, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Liver Glycogen, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Male, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Muscles, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Neurotransmitter Agents, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Norepinephrine, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Serotonin, pubmed-meshheading:2472037-Vitreous Body
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Chlorpromazine-induced alterations in hypothalamic amine metabolism and stress responses in severe cold.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't