title: [Effects of an endogenous GABA receptor binding inhibitor on rat blood pressure].
abstract: The GABA receptor agonists GABA (400 micrograms icv) and muscimol (1 microgram icv) induced hypotension in urethane-anesthetized rats, while the GABA receptor antagonist bicuculline (2 micrograms icv) elicited hypertension. An endogenous GABA receptor binding inhibitor (1 mg), prepared from bovine cerebellum, showed bicuculline-like hypertensive action in a dose-dependent manner. It was antagonized by icv muscimol, but not by the alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist clonidine. These in vivo results agree quite well with our previous in vitro receptor binding assay experiments.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001640:Bicuculline / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D003000:Clonidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D009118:Muscimol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D009118:Muscimol; D003000:Clonidine; D001640:Bicuculline