Starvation and dehydration: effect on hypothalamic monoamines and serum LH and prolactin.
1. Rats submitted to starvation or water deprivation showed a decrease in LH and prolactin serum levels. 2. 5-HT was increased without changes in DA and NA in cerebral cortex of starved rats. 3. Neurotransmitters did not change in hypothalamus of starved rats but water deprivation decreased NA and increased 5-HT.
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Instituto de Fisiologia Profesor Dr Bernardo A. Houssay, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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D000818:Animals; D015306:Biogenic Monoamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001835:Body Weight; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D003681:Dehydration / Q000378:metabolism*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000502:physiology*; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood*; D051381:Rats; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D013217:Starvation / Q000378:metabolism*
D015306:Biogenic Monoamines; D012701:Serotonin; D011388:Prolactin; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone