title: Electroconvulsive shock and cyclic AMP signal transduction: effects distal to the receptor.
abstract: Chronic electroconvulsive shock (ECS) induced a significant decrease in noradrenaline- and forskolin-stimulated cyclic AMP production in rat cortical slices, whereas a single ECS had a much smaller effect. In a cortical membrane preparation, adenylate cyclase activity in response to stimulation by forskolin, guanosine-5'-(beta,gamma-imido) triphosphate, and Mn2+ ions was significantly increased in membranes derived from rats that had received chronic ECS, but was either unchanged or reduced in membranes from rats that received a single treatment only. The results are interpreted in terms of changes occurring at components of the adenylate cyclase enzyme distal to the receptor.
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004597:Electroshock; D008297:Male; D008566:Membranes / Q000201:enzymology; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D005576:Colforsin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D009638:Norepinephrine