A functional interaction between GABA and 5-HT in inhibiting picrotoxin-induced myoclonus in rats.
Indian J Physiol Pharmacol
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1990 Apr; 34(2): 139-42
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Dans Anglais
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ABSTRACT
Pretreatment with 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), a precursor of 5-HT, antagonised while pretreatment with p-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA), a 5-HT depletor, potentiated the myoclonus induced by picrotoxin, a GABA antagonist. Pretreatment with aminooxyacetic acid (AOAA), a GABA transaminase inhibitor, antagonised picrotoxin-induced myoclonus. The combined effect of the least protective doses of AOAA and 5-HTP was greater than the sum of their individual inhibitory effects on picrotoxin-induced myoclonus. Further, AOAA failed to inhibit picrotoxin-induced myoclonus in PCPA pretreated rats. These findings suggest that the central 5-HT-ergic system exerts a facilitatory influence on the GABA-ergic system and thus it is involved in the antimyoclonic action of GABA.
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Sujet Principal:
Picrotoxine
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Rats
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Lignées consanguines de rats
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Mâle
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Sérotonine
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5-Hydroxytryptophane
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Fenclonine
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Acide gamma-amino-butyrique
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Acide aminooxy-acétique
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Animaux
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Indian J Physiol Pharmacol
Année:
1990
Type:
Article
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