title: Cardiovascular responses produced by the injection of dopamine into the cerebral ventricles of the unanaesthetized dog.
abstract: 1 The injection of dopamine (100 to 500 microgram) into the cerebral ventricles (i.c.v.) of 10 unanaesthetized dogs produced a dose-dependent increase in arterial blood pressure and heart rate. The dogs licked, swallowed, sometimes vomited and became sedated. 2 Autonomic ganglion blockade with hexamethonium (10 mg/kg i.v.) abolished cardiovascular responses to i.c.v. dopamine, indicating that dopamine was exerting its effect within the central nervous system. 3 The dopamine receptor antagonists, haloperidol (500 microgram), chlorpromazine (200 micrograms) and ergometrine (500 micrograms), each given i.c.v., sugsequently abolished the cardiovascular responses to dopamine. 4 Pretreatment with either the beta-adrenoceptor antagonist, propranolol (600 microgram) or the alpha-adrenoceptor antagonist, phentolamine (1 mg) given i.c.v. had no significant effect on the response to dopamine. 5 It is suggested that dopamine injected into the cerebral ventricles of the unanesthetized dog causes hypertension and tachycardia by activating central dopamine receptors.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004285:Dogs; D004298:Dopamine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004874:Ergonovine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000494:pharmacology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects*; D006584:Hexamethonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D010646:Phentolamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D006584:Hexamethonium Compounds; D011433:Propranolol; D006220:Haloperidol; D002746:Chlorpromazine; D004298:Dopamine; D004874:Ergonovine; D010646:Phentolamine