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Study of the hypothermia induced by methionine sulfoximine in the rat.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3252271     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
L-Methionine sulfoximine (MSO) intraperitoneally injected at subconvulsive and convulsive doses induced a rectal hypothermia in the restrained rat maintained at an ambient temperature of 23 degrees C; this hypothermia developed during the preconvulsive period, and it was not suppressed by simultaneous injection of L-methionine which antagonized the behavioral effects of ammonia elevated contents in the central nervous system. The development of rectal hypothermia was faster when the injection of MSO was made into the lateral cerebral ventricle and particularly into the third ventricle. MSO-induced hypothermia seemed to be a poikilothermia-like state in the cold environment with retention of a normal regulation in the heat environment. Infusion of MSO into the anterior hypothalamic/preoptic (AH/PO) area induced a rapid rectal hyperthermia, but infused into the mammillary region MSO had no effect on rectal temperature. It is suggested that rectal hypothermia induced by MSO may be directly related to a depressive effect on glucose oxidative metabolism in cell structures, maybe astroglial cells, located in the vicinity of the ventricle or the capillary walls.
Authors:
M Ginefri-Gayet; J Gayet
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior     Volume:  31     ISSN:  0091-3057     ISO Abbreviation:  Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav.     Publication Date:  1988 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1989-08-01     Completed Date:  1989-08-01     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0367050     Medline TA:  Pharmacol Biochem Behav     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  797-802     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physiologie Générale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Nancy 1, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Body Temperature Regulation / drug effects*
Brain / drug effects
Hypothermia, Induced*
Injections, Intraperitoneal
Injections, Intraventricular
Male
Methionine / pharmacology
Methionine Sulfoximine / administration & dosage,  pharmacology*
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
1982-67-8/Methionine Sulfoximine; 63-68-3/Methionine

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