NEUROHORMONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RATS SEL ECTED FOR DURATION OF PASSIVE DEFENSE REACTION AND FOR LEVEL OF NEUROMUSCULAR EXCITABILITY

Authors
ALEKHINA TA SHULGA VA LOPATINA NG SHIRIAEVA NV VAIDO AI
Citation
Ta. Alekhina et al., NEUROHORMONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RATS SEL ECTED FOR DURATION OF PASSIVE DEFENSE REACTION AND FOR LEVEL OF NEUROMUSCULAR EXCITABILITY, Zurnal vyssej nervnoj deatelnosti im. I.P. Pavlova, 44(4-5), 1994, pp. 837-841
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology,Neurosciences
Journal title
Zurnal vyssej nervnoj deatelnosti im. I.P. Pavlova → ACNP
ISSN journal
00444677
Volume
44
Issue
4-5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
837 - 841
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-4677(1994)44:4-5<837:NCORSE>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Two strains of rats, ''genetic catalepsy'' and ''low-threshold'', simu lating some human psychopathological symptoms, were compared. Levels o f brain monoamines and blood corticosterone and testosterone showed no common features in the strains studied. The levels of dopamine in ami gdala and testosterone blood levels in rats of the two strains signifi cantly deviated in opposite directions from corresponding controls. In ''genetic catalepsy'' strain noradrenaline content in striatum and di encephalon was decreased, and serotonin striatal level was increased.