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Lima,Hawlinston R. C.; Cavalcante-Lima,Haerishton R.; Cedraz-Mercez,Pedro L.; Costa-E-Sousa,Ricardo H.; Olivares,Emerson L.; Badauê-Passos-Jr,Daniel; Medeiros,Magda A.; Côrtes,Wellington S.; Reis,Luís C.. |
We investigate the influence of brain serotonin depletion on the sodium appetite. Rats depleted of serotonin through the systemic administration of p-chlorophenylalanine (300 mg/kg, ip, for 2 days) showed an intense natriorexigenic response induced by sodium depletion (furosemide, 20 mg/kg, sc, 24 h before water and 1.8% NaCl presentation). Intake of 1.8% NaCl was always higher than that observed for the control group (12.9 ± 1.4 and 21.4 ± 3.0 mL vs 5.7 ± 1.2 and 12.7 ± 1.6 mL, 30 and 300 min after water and saline presentation). After 24 h, the natriorexigenic response continued to be significantly higher compared to control (33.6±5.1 vs 21.9±3.6 mL,P <0.05). Fourteen days after p-chlorophenylalanine administration, 1.8% NaCl intake did not differ... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Sodium appetite; Brain serotonin depletion; Sodium and water depletion; Isoproterenol; Serotonergic system. |
Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652004000100008 |
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Medeiros,Magda A.; Costa-e-Sousa,Ricardo H.; Olivares,Emerson L.; Côrtes,Wellington S.; Reis,Luís C.. |
The role of serotonergic system in the feeding behaviorwas appraised by electrolytic lesions in the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) and administration of para-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA, 3 mg/5 mul, icv). Chronic evaluations were accomplished through 120 and 360 days in PCPA-injected and DRN-lesioned rats, respectively. Acute food intake was evaluated in fasted rats and submitted to injection of PCPA and hydroxytryptophan (LHTP, 30 mg/kg, ip). DRN-lesioned rats exhibited 22-80% increase in food intake up to sixth month, whereas the obesity was evident and sustained by whole period. In PCPA-injected rats was observed an initial increase in the food intake followed by hypophagy from 25th to 30th day and a transitory increase of body weight from 5th to 60th day. In... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Food ingestion; Serotonergic system; Dorsal raphe nucleus; Electrolytic lesion; Para-chlorophenylalanine; Obesity. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652005000100008 |
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Miranda,Amarildo; Costa-e-Sousa,Ricardo H.; Werneck-de-Castro,João P.S.; Mattos,Elisabete C.; Olivares,Emerson L.; Ribeiro,Vanessa P.; Silva,Márcia G.; Goldenberg,Regina C.S.; Campos-de-Carvalho,Antônio C.. |
In animal models the evaluation of myocardial infarct size in vivo and its relation to the actual lesion found post mortem is still a challenge. The purpose of the current study was to address if the conventional electrocardiogram (ECG) and/or echocardiogram (ECHO) could be used to adequately predict the size of the infarct in rats. Wistar rats were infarcted by left coronary ligation and then ECG, ECHO and histopathology were performed at 1, 7 and 28 days after surgery. Correlation between infarct size by histology and Q wave amplitude in lead L1 was only found when ECGs were performed one day post-surgery. Left ventricular diastolic and systolic dimensions correlated with infarct size by ECHO on day 7 post-infarction. On days 7 and 28 post-infarction,... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Myocardial infarction; Rats; Electrocardiogram; Echocardiogram; Infarct size. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652007000400006 |
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