Effects of brain serotonin alterations on hypothermia produced by chlorpromazine in rats.
Pharmacology, 1979;18(3):128-35.
Lin MT, Chern YF, Chow CF, Li YP
PMID: 156373
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Abstract
Depressing functional serotonin or depleting serotonin levels in rat brains with either p-chlorophenylalanine, 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine or raphe lesions greatly enhanced hypothermia induced by chloropromazine (CPZ). Depressing the firing of raphe units or decreasing serotonin turnover in the brain with either a serotonin precursor (tryptophan) or the inhibitors of serotonin re-uptake (Lilly 1 10140 and chlorimipramine) also greatly enhanced the CPZ-induced hypothermia. The data indicate that serotonergic activity in the brain plays a role in the elaboration or modulation of CPZ hypothermia.
MeSH terms
5,6-Dihydroxytryptamine; 5-Hydroxytryptophan; Animals; Body Temperature Regulation; Brain; Chlorpromazine; Clomipramine; Fenclonine; Fluoxetine; Hypothermia; Male; Nialamide; Propylamines; Raphe Nuclei; Rats; Serotonin; Tryptophan
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