DEPLETION OF 5-HT BY L-DOPA IN SPINAL-CORD AND BRAIN-STEM OF RAT

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作者
COMMISSIONG, JW [1 ]
SEDGWICK, EM [1 ]
机构
[1] DEPT BIOCHEM & PHYSIOL SCI,SOUTHAMPTON S09 3TU,ENGLAND
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10.1016/0024-3205(79)90493-4
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R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
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1001 ;
摘要
Intravenous L-DOPA caused a dose-dependent depletion of 5-HT in the lumbar region of rat spinal cord. Pretreatment with the peripheral decarboxylase inhibitor MK-486, significantly increased the 5-HT-depleting effect of acutely administered L-DOPA. Chronically administered L-DOPA (100 mg/kg per day for 3 days) had no effect on spinal 5-HT levels 24 hours after the last dose. It is concluded that the L-DOPA-mediated depletion of 5-HT from serotonergic terminals, already demonstrated to occur in the brain, also occurs in the spinal cord. This released 5-HT could be involved in mediating some of the observed physiological effects of L-DOPA in the spinal cord. © 1979.
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