CARBIDOPA ELEVATES HYPOTHALAMIC DOPA AND SERUM PROLACTIN IN RATS

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作者
WATKINS, CJ
WIGGINS, JF
WURTMAN, RJ
机构
[1] Laboratory of Neuroendocrine Regulation Department of Nutrition, Food Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge
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10.1016/0024-3205(79)90252-2
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R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
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摘要
The administration of carbidopa (MK-486, α-methyl-L-dopa hydrazine; 100-200 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) causes several-fold increases in hypothalamic dopa and serum prolactin levels in male rats within 2 hours; these changes are not reversed by the administration of pyridoxine. These observations suggest that high doses of carbidopa can affect catecholamine synthesis within the hypothalamus. © 1979.
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页码:1675 / 1682
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