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Functional and biochemical evidence for altered serotonergic function in the fawn-hooded rat strain.

Abstract
Administration of various doses of DOI (a 5-HT2A/5-HT2C agonist) produced hyperthermia that was significantly less in the FH rat strain relative to the Wistar rat strain. Similarly, administration of various doses of ipsapirone (a 5-HT1A agonist) produced hypothermia that was significantly less in the FH rat strain relative to the Wistar rat strain. Furthermore, m-CPP (a 5-HT agonist)-induced increases in growth hormone levels were also significantly less in the FH rat strain relative to the Wistar rat strain. There was no significant difference in the levels of either 5-HT or 5-HIAA between the two rat strains in the frontal cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and striatum. In the brain stem, however, both 5-HT and 5-HIAA levels were significantly lower in the FH rat strain relative to the Wistar rat strain. On the other hand, 5-HT turnover rate was significantly higher in the hypothalamus and striatum and significantly lower in the hippocampus in the FH rat strain relative to the Wistar rat strain. These findings provide further evidence for altered serotonergic function in the FH rat strain and, in addition, suggest that the FH rat strain may prove to be a useful genetic model for some neuropsychiatric disorders with possible abnormalities in serotonergic function such as depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the eating disorders.
AuthorsC S Aulakh, T Tolliver, K M Wozniak, J L Hill, D L Murphy
JournalPharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior (Pharmacol Biochem Behav) Vol. 49 Issue 3 Pg. 615-20 (Nov 1994) ISSN: 0091-3057 [Print] United States
PMID7532310 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Amphetamines
  • Piperazines
  • Pyrimidines
  • Serotonin Receptor Agonists
  • Serotonin
  • Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid
  • ipsapirone
  • Growth Hormone
  • 4-iodo-2,5-dimethoxyphenylisopropylamine
  • 1-(3-chlorophenyl)piperazine
Topics
  • Amphetamines (pharmacology)
  • Animals
  • Body Temperature (drug effects)
  • Brain Chemistry (drug effects, physiology)
  • Growth Hormone (blood)
  • Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid (metabolism)
  • Male
  • Piperazines (pharmacology)
  • Pyrimidines (pharmacology)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Serotonin (metabolism, physiology)
  • Serotonin Receptor Agonists (pharmacology)
  • Species Specificity

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