title: Greater effects of fluoxetine and its combination with (-)-pindolol in elevating hypothalamic serotonin in rats during dark hours.
abstract: Administration of fluoxetine (10 mg/kg i.p.) caused a significantly greater increase in extracellular 5-HT levels in hypothalamus of rats adapted to a reverse light period (lights off 9:00 am-9:00 pm) than those adapted to the regular cycle (lights off 6:00 pm-6:00 am). Sequential administration of the antagonist 5-HT1A/beta-adrenergic receptors (-)-pindolol at 0.1, 0.3, 1, and 3 mg/kg s.c. significantly enhanced the fluoxetine-induced elevation of 5-HT levels in both groups of rats. (-)-Pindolol at 0.1 mg/kg potentiated the fluoxetine-induced elevation in 5-HT levels significantly higher in rats adapted to the reverse light cycle than in those accustomed to the regular light cycle. The greater effects of fluoxetine and the subsequent administration of (-)-pindolol in the reverse cycle group may relate to the difference in activity of 5-HT neurons in the dorsal raphe of conscious animals adapted to the two light periods.
authors.affiliation: Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Dreshfield
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Rocco
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003624:Darkness; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D017551:Microdialysis; D010869:Pindolol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects*; D044263:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT1; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D005473:Fluoxetine; D010869:Pindolol; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D044263:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT1; D012701:Serotonin; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors