Influence of central neuronal histamine on the pituitary-adrenocortical activity stimulated by neurotransmitters

Autor: Bugajski Aj, Borycz J, Jan Bugajski
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: Agents and Actions. 36:C346-C349
ISSN: 1420-908X
0065-4299
DOI: 10.1007/bf01997370
Popis: The effect of brain neuronal histramine and its receptors on monoaminergic stimulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) activity, measured indirectly through corticosterone secretion, was investigated in conscious rats. Pretreatment with α-fluoromethylhistidine, (α-FMH) a histamine synthesis inhibitor, did not markedly affect the increase in serum corticosterone levels induced by intracerebroventricular (icv) injection of muscimol, a GABAA receptor agonist and noradrenaline, an α- and β-adrenergic agonist, and slightly diminished the corticosterone response to isoprenaline, a β-adrenergic agonist. α-FMH totally abolished the increase in serum corticosterone induced by carbachol, a cholinergic muscarinic receptor agonist and significantly diminished the rise in corticosterone levels induced by clonidine, an α2-adrenergic agent. Pretreatment with the histamine receptor antagonists mepyramine and cimetidine also considerably reduced the carbachol-induced corticosterone response and the response induced by clonidine.
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