Abstract
Exposure to HBO causes hypothermia, bradycardia, head weaving, resting tremor, piloerection, and straub tail in rats. These physiological and behavioral responses can also be evoked by selective activation of serotonin1A (5-HT1A) receptors. The purpose of the current study was to determine if hypothermia caused by HBO is due to increased activation of 5-HT1A receptors. The levels of brain biogenic amines were measured in brain regions of Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats exposed to HBO. Exposure to HBO caused an increase in the levels of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) in the striatum (92%, p < 0.05) and occipital-temporal cortex (116%, p < 0.05), but not in other brain regions. Exposure to HBO did not change the levels of tryptophan, serotonin (5-HT), other biogenic amines, or their metabolites. It is hypothesized that the Fawn Hood (FH) rat, which is reported to be resistant to hypothermia induced by 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin (8-OH-DPAT), has an abnormality of 5-HT1A receptor activity. Although the FH rat was more resistant to hypothermia induced by HBO than the SD rat, we were not able to confirm that this rat was resistant to hypothermia induced by 8-OH-DPAT. The 5-HT receptor antagonists, 1-(1H-Indol-4-yloxy)-3-[(1...Continue Reading
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