Title : Serotonin does not mediate the adrenal catecholamine-releasing effect of acute lithium administration in rats.

Pub. Date : 1992 May-Jul

PMID : 1332098






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1 Because (1) acute LiCl administration increases sympathoadrenal function, and in turn plasma glucose levels, and (2) stimulation of either the 5-HT1A, the 5-HT1C or the 5-HT2 receptor subtype has adrenal catecholamine-releasing and hyperglycemic effects, we have investigated the influence of prior blockade of either of these receptor subtypes on plasma catecholamine and glucose responses to acute LiCl administration in conscious, catheterized rats. Catecholamines 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 1A Rattus norvegicus