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  • Title: Ethanol-induced locomotor stimulation in rats after thyrotropin-releasing hormone.
    Author: Breese GR, Coyle S, Towle AC, Mueller RA, McCown TJ, Frye GD.
    Journal: J Pharmacol Exp Ther; 1984 Jun; 229(3):731-7. PubMed ID: 6427448.
    Abstract:
    Ethanol-induced sedation in Sprague-Dawley rats was antagonized by intracisternally administered thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) at a dose as low as 1 microgram. Furthermore, when a dose of 25 micrograms or greater of TRH was combined with ethanol doses above 2 g/kg, the locomotor activity was significantly greater than observed for TRH alone. A dose-related increase in activity was observed when varying doses of ethanol were administered with a constant dose of TRH (100 micrograms). This increase in locomotion induced by the TRH-ethanol combination could not be attributed to a change in TRH concentration, ethanol distribution or to a pituitary action of TRH. Inasmuch as tert-butanol in combination with TRH produced the same effects as ethanol, the hyperactivity does not appear to be associated with acetaldehyde formation. TRH acid and His-Pro-diketopiperazine, metabolites of TRH, did not produce hyperactivity when administered with ethanol, whereas MK-771, a TRH analog, produced a significant increase in locomotion in ethanol-treated rats greater than that for MK-771 alone. Three lines of evidence suggested that the hyperactivity induced by the TRH-ethanol combination could not be attributed to an influence of ethanol on the stimulant effects of TRH. First, pentobarbital- and chlordiazepoxide-induced depression of locomotion was antagonized by TRH (100 micrograms) but, unlike ethanol, locomotor stimulation greater than that for TRH was not observed. Second, behavioral observations did not reveal ethanol altering any effects of TRH that would compete with locomotion.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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