Involvement of ventral noradrenergic bundle in corticosterone secretion following neural stimuli

S. Feldman; N. Conforti; E. Melamed

doi:10.1016/0028-3908(88)90161-X

Involvement of ventral noradrenergic bundle in corticosterone secretion following neural stimuli

S. Feldman^*, N. Conforti, E. Melamed

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In view of the involvement of noradrenaline (NA) in the regulation of adrenocortical secretion, its role in the rise of plasma corticosterone following neural stimuli was evaluated in rats. The injection of the cathecholamine neurotoxin 6-hydroxidopamine (6-OHDA) into the ventral noradrenergic bundle in the brain stem, which projects to the hypothalamus, caused an average depletion of NA of 72% and 78% in the mediobasal hypothalamus and the paraventricular nuclei respectively, when compared to the rats injected with vehicle. In the animals injected with 6-OHDA, the basal level of corticosterone in plasma and the response to stress induced with ether were not affected. However, the adrenocortical discharge was very significantly inhibited following photic, acoustic and sciatic nerve stimulation. The present experiments support the results of previous studies on the stimulatory effect of NA on adrenocortical secretion.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	129-133
Number of pages	5
Journal	Neuropharmacology
Volume	27
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0028-3908(88)90161-X
State	Published - Feb 1988
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

6-OHDA
corticosterone
hypothalamus
neural stimuli
noradrenaline

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