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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-6-22
pubmed:abstractText
Extracellular single-unit activities of 288 dorsomedial/ventrolateral hypothalamic arcuate (ARC) neurons were studied electrophysiologically in brain slices in vitro. We tested the effects of several neuroactive substances plus some of their analogs in this study. Among them, baclofen, a GABAb-receptor agonist, inhibited 95.6% of ARC neurons tested, although GABA itself was much less effective (23.8%). About half of baclofen's effect was blocked by phaclofen, a GABAB antagonist. Serotonin and dopamine also exhibited mostly inhibitory effects on responsive ARC neurons (80 and 78.4%, respectively), although more than half ARC neurons tested (53.3% of 169) were not responsive to dopamine. Neither ketanserin, a 5-HT2, nor domperidone, a D2 receptor antagonist, had much effect on blocking the actions of 5-HT or DA. Histamine and carbachol excited 67.4% and 52.2% of ARC neurons tested, respectively. Moreover, their effects were completely blocked by pyrilamine, a H1, and atropine, a muscarinic receptor antagonist, respectively. Ranitidine, a H2 receptor antagonist, however, was less effective. Norepinephrine had about equal number of excitation (33.3%) and inhibition (38.5%) on ARC neurons. Cholecystokinin-octapeptide sulphate (CCK-8S), a neuropeptide tested exerted potent excitatory effects on ARC neurons (62.8% of 137). In summary, ARC neurons in a more localized region aiming at the tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic neurons were selected in this study. Their responses to many agents and the implications on the regulation of prolactin secretion were discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carbachol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cholecystokinin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dopamine Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GABA Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Histamine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Histamine Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neuropeptides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neurotransmitter Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Prolactin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serotonin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serotonin Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0361-9230
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
587-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Arcuate Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Carbachol, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Cholecystokinin, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Dopamine, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Dopamine Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-GABA Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Histamine, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Histamine Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Neuropeptides, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Neurotransmitter Agents, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Prolactin, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Serotonin, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-Serotonin Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:8098656-gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of various neuroactive substances on single-unit activities of hypothalamic arcuate neurons in brain slices.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Physiology, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't