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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-11-10
pubmed:abstractText
The effect of the serotonergic 5-HT4 receptor agonists BIMU 1 and BIMU 8 on in vivo acetylcholine (ACh) release in brain hemispheric regions of freely moving rats was investigated using the microdialysis technique. Both agonists, applied intracerebroventricularly, facilitated the release of ACh selectively in the frontal cortex and were ineffective in the striatum or dorsal hippocampus. The facilitatory effect of BIMU 1 in frontal cortex was prevented by the selective 5-HT4 receptor antagonists GR 125487 and GR 113808 which by themselves did not alter basal release. the results provide the first evidence that serotonin facilitates ACh release in frontal cortex through stimulation of 5-HT4 receptors which are not tonically activated. 5-HT4 receptor agonists might thus offer a novel means of boosting central cholinergic function to overcome the cholinergic deficit in memory disorders.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/(endo-N-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo(3.2.1)..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/(endo-N-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo-(3.2.1..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Acetylcholine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Benzimidazoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bicyclo Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GR 113808, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Indoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serotonin Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serotonin Receptor Agonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sulfonamides
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0959-4965
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1230-2
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
5-HT4 receptor stimulation facilitates acetylcholine release in rat frontal cortex.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Cholinergic Neuropharmacology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't