title: [Catecholamine content of the rat brain at different stages of experimental alcoholism].
abstract: Changes in the noradrenaline (NA) content in the hypothalamus, dopamine (DA) and homovanillic acid (HVA) in the striatum were determined in rats after chronic alcohol administration. A single injection of alcohol (2.5 g/kg i.p.) provoked a 30% decrease in NA only in rats predisposed to ethanol intake. Voluntary intake of 15% ethanol for 10 days made the NA content return to normal, the 4-month use of ethanol did not change whereas the 8-month use reduced the NA content by 17%, DA by 31% and raised the content of HVA by 25%. Twenty-four hours after alcohol abstinence the HVA content dropped by 13%. It is concluded that the noradrenergic system is involved in the formation and development of alcohol motivation and that the dopaminergic system participates in the development of the physical dependence and abstinence.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D006719:Homovanillic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D010648:Phenylacetates / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010648:Phenylacetates; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine; D006719:Homovanillic Acid
vernacular_title: Soderzhanie katekholaminov v mozge krys na raznykh stadiiakh éksperimental'nogo alkogolizma.