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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-9-29
pubmed:abstractText
Reserpine, a well-known CNS depressant which depletes central monoamine stores, was found to produce in the brains of 11-day-old rats a severe depression in cell proliferation in terms of the rate of [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA. The effect was studied in detail 12 h after ther administration of the drug (2.5 mg/kg, s.c.) when the rate of in vivo DNA synthesis in the forebrain was about one-third of control: the decrease was less marked in the cerebellum (rate about two-thirds of control). It was possible to exclude side effects of the drug, such as restricted food intake, hypothermia and an elevation of the level of blood corticosteroids being responsible for the reduction of [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA. Kinetic studies showed that reserpine had no marked effect on the entry of [3H]thymidine from blood to brain, but it caused some retardation in the rate of [3H]thymidine conversion into [3H]thymidine nucleotides. Nevertheless, the severe depression of DNA labelling was evident even after correcting the values on the basis of [3H]thymidine nucleotide concentrations. In contrast to these effects, thymidine kinase activity was normal in the brain of reserpine-treated animals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
129
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
283-97
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of reserpine on cell proliferation in the developing rat bran: a biochemical study.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article