KINETICS AND METABOLISM OF AMPHETAMINE IN BRAIN OF RATS OF DIFFERENT AGES
KINETICS AND METABOLISM OF AMPHETAMINE IN BRAIN OF RATS OF DIFFERENT AGES
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00500043
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
COPER, H
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作者:
HONECKER, H;COPER, H
The kinetics and tissue distribution of amphetamine and its metabolitesp-hydroxyamphetamine (p-OH-A) andp-hydroxynorephedrine (p-OH-NE) were investigated in young adult (3–4 months) and old (20–25 months) male rats, after i.p. injection of 5 mg/kg tritium labelledd-amphetamine. The concentrations of these drugs were determined in plasma, cerebral cortex, brainstem and hypothalamus, by thin layer chromatography.1.From 60 min up to 4 hrs after injection of amphetamine the concentration of a mphetamine in plasma and brain tissue of old rats was significantly (P<0.05 higher than in young adult animals. In both age groups the levels of amphetamine in cerebral cortex > brain stem > hypothalamus.2.The blood-brain barrier is permutle top-OH-A; 10 to 20 min after i.v. injection of 10 μCi/kg ofp-OH-A (10 mCi/m mole) the ratio brain/blood plasma was found to be 1:3. The half life ofp-OH-A in blood plasma was almost identical after injection of amphetamine andp-OH-A (90 min and 98 min respectively).3.The levels ofp-OH-NE in different brain areas were significantly lower (P<0.05) in old animals than in young adult rats 4 hrs after application of amphetamine. This metabolite of amphetamine shows a higher concentration in the hypothalamus earlier than in other brain regions.