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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-11-22
pubmed:abstractText
The following effects were induced in mice by a prolonged of isolation (6-7 weeks from weaning): (1) reduction in motor activity; (2) reduction in the effect of oxotremorine on rectal temperature; (3) increase in the response to salbutamol, a beta-adrenergic stimulant. Chronic lithium treatment (2 mg/ml in the drinking water during the last 3-4 weeks of isolation) prevented these phenomena. The number and affinity of beta-adrenergic receptors in the whole mouse brain (excluding the cerebellum) was unmodified by either isolation or by lithium. It is suggested that lithium blocks isolation-induced hypersensitivity, especially of the beta-adrenergic system; this mechanism may be involved in the therapeutic action of lithium.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0014-2999
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
337-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of chronic lithium treatment on isolation-induced behavioral and biochemical effects in mice.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article