title: Effects of chronic administration of amitriptyline or mianserin on rat cardiac and central adrenoceptors.
abstract: Rats were administered either amitriptyline (20 mg kg-1, i.p.) or mianserin (10 mg kg-1, i.p.) for 21 consecutive days and the alpha- and beta-adrenoceptor characteristics of cardiac ventricles, cerebral cortex and hippocampus examined by ligand-binding procedure. Chronic administration of amitriptyline significantly reduced the maximum density of beta-receptors in the cerebral cortex without significantly altering cardiac alpha- or beta-receptors; mianserin treatment had no significant effect on any of the receptors studied.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
mesh_terms: D000639:Amitriptyline / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects; D003984:Dibenzazepines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008803:Mianserin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000187:drug effects*; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003984:Dibenzazepines; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D000639:Amitriptyline; D008803:Mianserin