title: Catecholamine-induced desensitization of brain beta adrenoceptors in vivo and reversal by corticosterone.
abstract: The function of beta adrenoceptors in the brain was studied with a new technique involving the microdialysis collection of extracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP). Prolonged infusion of isoproterenol (2 hr) was found to induce a marked desensitization of the beta receptor-cAMP response. Administration of corticosterone (10 mg/kg) 3 hrs prior to the infusion markedly attenuated the desensitization. The results indicate that the catecholamine-induced densensitization of brain beta adrenoceptors can be studied in vivo and that corticosterone is capable of reversing this effect in the brain as has been reported previously for peripheral tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10016.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Egawa
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Colbjornsen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000502:physiology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000502:physiology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D007545:Isoproterenol; D003345:Corticosterone