title: Effect of DN-1417, a synthetic thyrotropin-releasing hormone analogue, on [3H]GABA binding in the cerebellum of ataxic rats.
abstract: The neonatal administration of cytocine arabinoside (40 mg/kg, s.c.) induced marked ataxia and hypoplastic cerebellum in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Specific [3H]GABA binding in the cerebellum was significantly reduced by cytosine arabinoside, whereas [3H]GABA binding in the cerebral cortex was not changed. The administration of DN-1417 (1 mg/100 g body wt., i.p.), a synthetic derivative of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), significantly increased [3H]GABA binding in the cerebellum of cytosine arabinoside-induced ataxic rats. These results suggest that TRH may play a role in regulating GABA receptors involved in the function of the rat cerebellum.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tatsuoka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000378:metabolism; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D003561:Cytarabine; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; C029762:DN 1417