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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-30
pubmed:abstractText
Serotonin (5-HT) synthesis rates were calculated on the basis of the assumption that trapping of alpha-[14C]methyl-L-tryptophan (alpha-[14C]MTrp) is directly related to brain 5-HT synthesis. In the first series of experiments, an acute intraperitoneal injection of paroxetine (10 mg/kg) produced a significant reduction in 5-HT synthesis in brain structures containing serotonergic cell bodies (the dorsal, median, and pallidum raphe nuclei), as well as in most projection areas: the ventral tegmental area, median forebrain bundle, hippocampus CA3 region, and nigrostriatal structures (substantia nigra, lateral and medial caudate nuclei). The reductions in the projection areas were greater (between 25 and 53%) than in those areas containing serotonergic cell bodies (between 18 and 23%). In the cerebral cortex, 5-HT synthesis rates were not modified by acute paroxetine treatment. In a second series of experiments, rats were treated with paroxetine (10 mg/kg/day, s.c., delivered by osmotic minipumps) for 14 days. There was a marked decrease (39-69%) in 5-HT synthesis in every structure examined. In conclusion, the present data suggest that the effects of paroxetine on 5-HT synthesis in the cerebral cortex are different from its effects in the cell body area of the brainstem.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0006-2952
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1481-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-1-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Reduction in serotonin synthesis following acute and chronic treatments with paroxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, in rat brain: an autoradiographic study with alpha-[14C]methyl-L-tryptophan(2).
pubmed:affiliation
Cone Laboratory for Neurosurgical Research, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, 3801 University St., H3A 2B4, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't