title: An electrophysiological evaluation of serotonergic dorsal raphe neurons in Maudsley rats.
abstract: Extracellular electrophysiological recording techniques were used to study serotonergic dorsal raphe (DRN) neurons in Maudsley Reactive (MR), Maudsley Non-Reactive (MNRA) and Sprague Dawley (SD; reference control strain) rats. No significant differences were observed in the average discharge rates of DRN neurons from SD, MR AND MNRA rats. The sensitivity of DRN neuron somatodendritic 5-HT1A autoreceptors to the inhibitory effects of i.v. 8-OH-DPAT or alpha 1-adrenoceptors to the excitatory effects of iontophoretic phenylephrine did not differ significantly among strains. These findings are discussed in light of the previously reported strain-dependent differences in anxiety-like behavior and noradrenergic locus coeruleus neurons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy & AHP, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Verbanac
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Commissaris
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Pitts
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005260:Female; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D011903:Raphe Nuclei / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin