Abstract
The effect of reserpine on neuropeptide Y immunoreactive (NPY-IR) neurons in the rat hypothalamic arcuate nucleus was examined by immunocytochemical techniques. Although only NPY-IR fibers and terminals were distributed in this nucleus in untreated and saline treated rats, single treatment of reserpine (10 mg/kg, i.p.) visualized abundant NPY-IR neuronal cell bodies: the increase began at 12 h of postinjection, reached its maximal level at 48 h, and returned to its normal level at 96 h. Pretreatment of nialamide, a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, prevented these acute reserpine-induced changes, suggesting reserpine acts on NPY neurons through monoaminergic mechanism. Chronic treatment of haloperidol (5 mg/kg, once daily for 5 days) a dopamine receptor antagonist, could induce the similar increase of NPY immunoreactivity. However, interruption of adrenergic and serotonergic neurotransmissions by chronic treatment of propranorol and methysergide, or chemical lesions of ascending noradrenergic and serotonergic pathways by 6-hydroxydopamine and 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine, could not induce any immunoreactive increase of NPY in arcuate neurons. These findings strongly suggest that reserpine-induced NPY increase occurs through dopaminergic ...Continue Reading
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