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  • Title: Adrenalectomy modifies the hippocampal 5-HT(1A) receptors and the anxiolytic-like effect of 8-OH-DPAT in rats.
    Author: Briones-Aranda A, Castillo-Salazar M, Picazo O.
    Journal: Pharmacol Biochem Behav; 2009 Mar; 92(1):182-9. PubMed ID: 19095004.
    Abstract:
    Stress is closely related with levels of corticosteroid and corticotrophin releasing factor, which at the same time can modify 5-HT(1A) receptors and brain serotonin levels. Consequently, the absence of corticosteroids in rats induced by an adrenalectomy could be useful to understand the functionality of the brain serotonergic system after a stressing event. The influence of 15 min of forced swimming was explored on sham and adrenalectomized rats by measuring the 5-HT(1A) receptor density in raphe and hippocampus. Other previously stressed groups (sham and adrenalectomized) were tested in two anxiety models with the 5-HT(1A) agonist 8-OH-DPAT, the postsynaptic antagonist MM-77, and with a combination of these two compounds. It was found that the removal of adrenals in rats that were not previously stressed induced an increase in the postsynaptic 5-HT(1A) receptor density. On the other hand, an adrenalectomy in rats that were previously stressed induced a reduction in the same receptor density. Adrenal gland removal induced an anxiolytic-like effect. However, after the injection of 8-OH-DPAT, adrenalectomized rats showed anxiogenic-like actions, an effect which was reversed by MM-77. Data show that changes in 5-HT(1A) receptors density caused by a stressful session can have behavioral consequences, thus emphasizing the need to reconsider the clinical use of 5-HT(1A) ligands after traumatic events.
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