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Effect of chronic psychogenic stress on characteristics of some rat brain synaptic membrane receptors

Journal Article · · Bull. Exp. Biol. Med. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6999701
This paper studies characteristics of alpha- and beta-adrenoreceptors, and imipramine and bensodiazepine receptors in brain synaptic membranes of rats after exposure to combined stress for 15 days by a modified Hecht's method. Before the experiment the suspension was thawed and centrifuged. Specific binding of tritium-WB-4101 (30 Ci/mmole), tritium-dihydroalprenolol, tritium-flunitrazepam, and tritium-imipramine was carried out by known methods with certain modifications. The results suggest that pathology of behavior in rats observed in the model may be classed as a depressive-like state rather than a neurosis-like state, and the model itself may be more appropriate for the study of the mechanisms of action of compounds with marked tranquilizing activity.
Research Organization:
Research Institute of Pharmacology, Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
OSTI ID:
6999701
Journal Information:
Bull. Exp. Biol. Med. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Bull. Exp. Biol. Med. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 100:9; ISSN BEXBA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English