DEPLETION OF HYPOTHALAMIC NOREPINEPHRINE AND SEROTONIN ENHANCES THE DEXAMETHASONE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK EFFECT ON ADRENOCORTICAL SECRETION

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FELDMAN, S [1 ]
WEIDENFELD, J [1 ]
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[1] HEBREW UNIV JERUSALEM,HADASSAH MED SCH,IL-91010 JERUSALEM,ISRAEL
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10.1016/0306-4530(91)90004-D
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R5 [内科学];
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The role of norepinephrine (NE) and serotonin (5-HT) in the negative feedback effect of dexamethasone (DEX) on the adrenocortical response to ether stress was investigated. Injection of the catecholamine neurotoxin, 6-hydroxydopamine, into the ventral noradrenergic bundle or the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) which produced a very significant depletion in hypothalamic NE content enhanced the negative feedback effect of DEX. Injection of the 5-HT neurotoxin, 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine, into the raphe nuclei or PVN, which caused a depletion of hypothalamic 5-HT, produced a similar effect on the adrenocortical response to DEX. The degree of negative feedback may be viewed as a balance of neural stimulatory and glucocorticoid influences of the hypothalamus. Thus the removal of the stimulatory effects of NE and 5-HT on adrenocortical secretion, by the neurotoxic lesions, enhanced the inhibitory influence of DEX.
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