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  • Title: Effect of withdrawal from chronic ethanol ingestion on the cAMP response of cerebral cortical slices using the agonists histamine, serotonin, and other neurotransmitters.
    Author: French SW, Palmer DS, Narod ME.
    Journal: Can J Physiol Pharmacol; 1975 Apr; 53(2):248-55. PubMed ID: 165867.
    Abstract:
    The effect of ethanol withdrawal on the cAMP response of cerebral cortical brain slices was studied. The cAMP response was evoked in vitro by various neurotransmitters including norepinephrine (NE), histamine, serotonin, dopamine, acetylcholine, and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). The cAMP response to NE and histamine was enhanced by ethanol withdrawal. Serotonin evoked a cAMP response in the brain slices from ethanol-withdrawal rats but not in pair-fed controls. The histamine and serotonin evoked responses were blocked by chlortripolon and methysergide, respectively. The responses to histamine and serotonin were also blocked by alpha- and beta-adrenergic antagonists, possibly because of the nonspecific membrane stablizing effect of these antagonists. GABA inhibited the NE stimulated cAMP response possibly through the hyperpolarizing action of GABA. The results support the hypothesis that ethanol withdrawal induces a nonspecific postjunctional supersensitivity. It is postulated that the supersensitivity involves a partial depolarization of the receptor membrane. Alternative hypotheses are reviewed.
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