PERIPHERAL ADMINISTRATION OF PICROTOXIN AND BICUCULLINE STIMULATES INVIVO SOMATOSTATIN RELEASE FROM RAT MEDIAN-EMINENCE

被引:16
作者
ARANCIBIA, S
BRIOZZO, P
机构
[1] Laboratory of Endocrinological Neurobiology, URA 1197 of CNRS, University of Montpellier II, Montpellier
关键词
Push-pull perfusion; Somatostatin release; γ-Aminobutyric acid-A receptor;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3940(90)90370-O
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
The γ-Aminobutyric acid-A (GABAA) antagonist picrotoxin and bicuculline were administered to male rats to determine their effects on somatostatin (SRIF) release, measured in unanesthetized animals stereotaxically implanted with push-pull cannula in the median eminence (ME). I.p. injection (3 mg/kg) of picrotoxin (n=5) or bicuculline (n=6) significantly increased (35.4±10.8 vs 13.7±4.3 pg/15 min; P<0.03 and 38±3.5 vs 14±1.8 pg/15 min; P<0.001, respectively) SRIF release from the ME compared to baseline levels measured in the same animals. In contrast, with local perfusion of picrotoxin, (10-4 to 10-6 M) SRIF release from the ME was not affected. These data suggest a physiological endogenous inhibitory tone of GABA on SRIF release. © 1990.
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页码:211 / 216
页数:6
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