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Rats were maintained in alternating periods of 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness. The concentration of adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate in pineal gland was six times higher at the end of the light period than at the end of the period of darkness. This effect of light was abolished in blinded animals.
Rats were adrenalectomized 10 days before we estimated in vivo the conversion index of (3)H-tryptophan into radioactive serotonin in brainstem and telediencephalon. We found that the conversion index in the brainstem of adrenalectomized rats is smaller than in the same area of sham-operated rats. Conversely, the conversion index in the telediencephalon was similar in the two groups of rats. The serotonin concentrations were unchanged by adrenalectomy, which suggests that in brainstem the decrease of tryptophan hydroxylase is reflected by the conversion index estimation and not by measurement of serotonin steady-state concentrations.
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Intracisternal injections of 6-hydroxydopamine produce rapid and long-lasting depletion of brain catecholamines without effects on serotonin concentrations. Depletion of norepinephrine is greatest in areas containing only nerve terminals and axons and least in areas containing monoamine cell bodies. The norepinephrine loss is accompanied by electron microscopic evidence of nerve terminal degeneration and decreased turnover. Dopamine loss is less marked and is not accompanied by degeneration or alteration of turnover rate.
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Injections of D-lysergic acid diethylamide decrease the turnover rate of 5-hydroxytryptamine of rat brain, as measured from the conversion of (14)C-tryptophan into (14)C-5-hydroxytryptamine. The 2-bromolysergic acid diethylamide given in doses fivefold greater than those of lysergic acid diethylamide fails to change the rate of (14)C-tryptophan conversion into (14)C-5-hydroxytryptamine. The effect of D-lysergic acid diethylamide is discussed with regard to its action on brain serotonergic neurons and its psychotomimetic effects.
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