Effect of hypoxia on brainstem concentration of biogenic amines in postnatal rabbits
| Autor: | M. Colleen McNamara, Edward E. Lawson, J.L. Gingras-Leatherman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
| Předmět: |
Aging
Biogenic Amines Serotonin medicine.medical_specialty Dopamine Substantia nigra Biology Norepinephrine Dorsal raphe nucleus Developmental Neuroscience Internal medicine Biogenic amine medicine Animals Hypoxia Molecular Biology chemistry.chemical_classification General Neuroscience Intermittent hypoxia Endocrinology Animals Newborn chemistry Acute Disease Locus coeruleus Rabbits Neurology (clinical) Homeostasis Brain Stem Developmental Biology medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Brain Research. 390:253-258 |
| ISSN: | 0006-8993 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0006-8993(86)80234-7 |
| Popis: | The effects of hypoxia F i O 2 = 0.10 on concentration of biogenic amines in specific brainstem nuclear groups were investigated in 3- and 21-day-old rabbits. The rabbit pups were confined to temperature-controlled water-jacketed chambers and exposed to 6 h of 21% O 2 or to one of 3 combinations of 21% O 2 and 10% O 2 . These 3 combinations were either intermittent hypoxia, or 4 h of normoxia followed by 2 h constant hypoxia, or 2 h of hypoxia followed by recovery for 4 h in normoxia. Radioenzymatic assays were used to determine the concentration of dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin in the following brainstem nuclei: substantia nigra, locus coeruleus, dorsal raphe and the nucleus reticularis pontis oralis. Compared with control, hypoxia did not affect dopamine levels at either age. The concentration of norepinephrine was inconsistently affected by hypoxia at either age. In contrast, in the 3-day-old rabbits serotonin was consistently reduced in each of the nuclei. In the 21-day-old rabbits, serotonin was either unchanged or increased following hypoxia. Our results show that hypoxia alters the concentration of serotonin in an age-specific manner. This change in serotonin concentration may reflect altered serotonin metabolism and suggests a possible mechanism by which hypoxia disrupts physiologic homeostasis in newborns. |
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