title: Effects of new endogenous nonprotein amino acids, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid derivatives, on behavior of mice.
abstract: Several 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acids were synthesized and found to have a transiently increasing effect on the locomotor activity of mice after peripheral injection. Three of the active compounds were detected in the brain after intraperitoneal administration. Two of them, the 7-hydroxy and 7-hydroxy-6-methoxy derivatives, were found as endogenous compounds in untreated rat brain and may play a physiological role. The effects of some of these compounds on the level of various endogenous amines, amino acids and metabolites were examined.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nihonmatsu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirobe
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D007546:Isoquinolines