DOPAMINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE TURNOVER IN VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE RAT-BRAIN AFTER CHRONIC MANGANESE CHLORIDE ADMINISTRATION
DOPAMINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE TURNOVER IN VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE RAT-BRAIN AFTER CHRONIC MANGANESE CHLORIDE ADMINISTRATION
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DOI:
10.1016/0300-483x(82)90055-5
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
BRALET, J
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作者:
AUTISSIER, N;ROCHETTE, L;BRALET, J
Rats were treated with MnCl2.cntdot.4H2O (1 mg/100 g per day, i.p.) for 4 mo. The turnover of dopamine (DA) and norepinephrine (NE) was measured in several brain regions (brain stem, hypothalamus, corpus striatum and rest of the brain) by the decay in endogenous DA and NE after inhibition of tyrosine hydroxylase by .alpha.-methylparatyrosine. Monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity and Mn levels were also estimated. Mn treatment produced a decrease in DA level and turnover in the corpus striatum but not in the rest of the brain. An increase in contents of NE was observed in the brain stem and hypothalamus. NE turnover was increased in the brain stem, decreased in the hypothalamus and unaltered in the rest of the brain. MAO activity was not significantly altered in any brain region. These results, which showed that chronic administration of Mn may cause regionally different changes in catecholamine turnover, were discussed in relation to the accumulation of Mn in the brain regions and to other metabolic changes associated with Mn toxicity.