ROLE OF 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE IN KETAMINE-INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA IN RAT
ROLE OF 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE IN KETAMINE-INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA IN RAT
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1476-5381.1973.tb08243.x
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发表时间:
1973-01-01
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
OSMAN, OH
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作者:
FAHIM, I;ISMAIL, M;OSMAN, OH
1. Intraperitoneal injection of graded doses of ketamine produced a dose-dependent fall in body temperature of rats. Similarly, intracerebral injection of much smaller doses produced hypothermia. 2. Pretreatment of the rats with p-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA) greatly attenuated the hypothermic response to ketamine whereas the intraperitoneal injection of 5-hydroxytryptophan in PCPA-treated rats restored the hypothermic effect of ketamine. 3. Depletion of the brain monoamines by reserpine completely prevented the ketamine-induced hypothermia. Treatment with sodium diethyldithiocarbamate (DEDTC), however, did not modify the hypothermic effect of ketamine. 4. Pretreatment of the rats with pargyline potentiated the ketamine-induced hypothermia. 5. Depletion of brain monoamines by reserpine in combination with inhibition of noradrenaline biosynthesis (DEDTC) resulted in a long lasting fall in temperature which was not modified by ketamine. 6. When the ambient temperature was raised from 26° C to 32° C, ketamine-induced hypothermia was much reduced and superimposed on a hyperthermia which occurred in all animals. 7. It is concluded that ketamine produces hypothermia in rats possibly through the release of 5-hydroxytryptamine in the hypothalamus and that this effect is similar in some respects to that produced by morphine in non-tolerant rats.