Document Detail


Substantia nigra lesions attenuate the development of hypertension and behavioural hyperreactivity in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3763656     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The possible relation between changes in behaviour and the development of hypertension was investigated. Depletion of striatal dopamine by lesions in the substantia nigra of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHR) was associated with an inhibition of the development of hypertension. In the open field a decrease in rearing score was found with no effect on other parameters. Rearing activity was significantly correlated with blood pressure as well as with striatal dopamine content. Blood pressure was weakly, although significantly, correlated with striatal dopamine content. Neither blood pressure nor striatal dopamine content was significantly correlated with ambulation activity. In normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats a decrease was also found in rearing activity after nigra lesions, although this effect was less pronounced. Antihypertensive treatment of SHR with captopril or hydralazine did neither affect striatal dopamine levels nor open-field behaviour. Induction of renal hypertension or DOCA-salt hypertension in Wistar rats did not influence brain dopamine or behaviour. The results support the suggestion that brain dopamine systems may play a role in the development of hypertension in SHR as well as in the changes in behaviour observed in these rats. Changes in behaviour do not appear to be mediated by changes in blood pressure per se.
Authors:
M Van den Buuse; H D Veldhuis; D H Versteeg; W De Jong
Related Documents :
12464726 - Antihypertensive effects of hydrolysates of wakame (undaria pinnatifida) and their angi...
9052896 - Structural and functional analysis of small arteries from young spontaneously hypertens...
140036 - Catecholamines, blood pressure, renin and myocardial function in the spontaneously hype...
15910416 - The effects of chlorpyrifos on blood pressure and temperature regulation in spontaneous...
11247796 - Human cardiac myosin heavy chain isoforms in fetal and failing adult atria and ventricles.
18044656 - Instrumentation for epidural anesthesia.
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior     Volume:  25     ISSN:  0091-3057     ISO Abbreviation:  Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav.     Publication Date:  1986 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1986-11-21     Completed Date:  1986-11-21     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0367050     Medline TA:  Pharmacol Biochem Behav     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  317-24     Citation Subset:  IM    
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Brain Chemistry
Catecholamines / analysis
Desoxycorticosterone
Hypertension / chemically induced,  physiopathology*
Hypertension, Renal / physiopathology
Male
Motor Activity / physiology*
Rats
Rats, Inbred SHR
Rats, Inbred WKY
Sodium Chloride
Substantia Nigra / physiopathology*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Catecholamines; 64-85-7/Desoxycorticosterone; 7647-14-5/Sodium Chloride

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Efficacy of a low fixed-dose combination of penbutolol with piretanide in the treatment of mild to m...
Next Document:  In vivo voltammetric recording with nafion-coated carbon paste electrodes: additional evidence that ...