title: Long lasting supersensitivity to 5-HT mediated behaviour following monoamine depletion in the rat brain.
abstract: The effects of the depletion of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in the rat brain upon the 5-HT behavioural syndrome (ejaculatory response, abduction of hind-limbs, forepaw treading, and Straub tail) induced by 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (1 mg/kg intraperitoneally) were investigated. The 5-HT depletion was produced by p-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA 2 X 200 mg/kg intraperitoneally) or by reserpine (5 mg/kg subcutaneously). It resulted in rapidly developing and long-lasting supersensitivity of the behavioural responses which were enhanced between 2 and 14 days after the PCPA injections and between 1 and 42 days after a single dose of reserpine. The depletion of catecholamines by alpha-methyltyrosine (250 + 125 mg/kg intraperitoneally) had no effect. These results underline the usefulness of the 5-HT mediated behavioural models for studies of changes in 5-HT receptor activity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D001679:Biogenic Amines / Q000502:physiology*; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004542:Ejaculation / Q000187:drug effects*; D010134:Fenclonine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008732:Methoxydimethyltryptamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012110:Reserpine / Q000494:pharmacology; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001679:Biogenic Amines; D008732:Methoxydimethyltryptamines; D012701:Serotonin; D012110:Reserpine; D010134:Fenclonine