NEONATAL STRESS AND LONG-TERM MODULATION OF GABA RECEPTORS IN RAT-BRAIN

被引:26
作者
BOLDEN, SW
HAMBLEY, JW
JOHNSTON, GAR
ROGERS, LJ
机构
[1] UNIV NEW ENGLAND,DEPT PHYSIOL,ARMIDALE,NSW 2357,AUSTRALIA
[2] UNIV TECHNOL,SCH BIOL & BIOMED SCI,SYDNEY,NSW,AUSTRALIA
[3] UNIV SYDNEY,DEPT PHARMACOL,SYDNEY,NSW 2006,AUSTRALIA
关键词
Corticosterone; Neonatal handling; Spontaneously hypertensive rat; Stress; Whole brain; γ-Aminobutyric acid binding;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3940(90)90271-A
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Neonatal handling, known to have long-term effects on behaviour and neuroendocrine responses to acute stress, has been found to produce a long-term change in γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor binding (Bmax) in whole-brain membranes of spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. A significant 10% increase in the binding of [3H] GABA to receptors was evident more than 100 days after handling. There were no differential effects of handling between these two strains, but there was a whole-brain deficit in GABA receptor binding in SHR as compared to WKY animals. Adult corticosterone levels and not correlate with GABA receptor binding. © 1990.
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页码:258 / 262
页数:5
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