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2780786

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-26
pubmed:abstractText
Long-term intraperitoneal administration of sulpiride induced body weight increase in female but not in male rats. The hypothesis that systemic sulpiride causes an endocrine unbalance which in turn causes body weight gain and hyperphagia was tested in four experiments. First, it was shown that even when they are on a high-fat diet male rats do not show body weight gain induced by systemic sulpiride. Second, sulpiride suppressed the estrous cycle. Third, gonadectomy prevented the body weight gain induced by systemic sulpiride in female rats. Fourth, estradiol simultaneously administered with sulpiride prevented the expected sulpiride-induced body weight gain. These results are discussed in terms of an hypothetical functional castration produced by systemic sulpiride. The well known hyperprolactinemia, induced by the pituitary D2 dopamine receptor blockade, might bring about an impairment of the steroidogenesis with subsequent decrease in estrogens level, which in turn might be responsible for the hyperphagia and body weight increase induced by systemic injections of sulpiride.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0091-3057
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
45-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechanism of the body weight increase induced by systemic sulpiride.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratorio de Fisiología de la Conducta, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Los Andes Mérida, Venezuela.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't