title: Acute stress enhances the activity of the GABA receptor-gated chloride ion channel in brain.
abstract: The effect of acute swim stress on the functional activity of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor/chloride ion channel was studied using an assay to measure 36chloride (36Cl-) uptake into rat brain synaptoneurosomes. Muscimol-stimulated 36Cl- uptake in cerebral cortex, hippocampus, but not cerebellum, was enhanced (increased potency and efficacy) in rats subjected to 10 min of swimming, compared to non-stressed, control rats. The effect of swim stress on the activity of the GABA receptor/Cl ion channel was prevented by adrenalectomy.
mesh_terms: D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009118:Muscimol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000378:metabolism*; D013550:Swimming; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D007473:Ion Channels; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D009118:Muscimol