Effect of 5,7-Dihydroxytryptamine, Ovariectomy and Gonadal Steroids on Serotonin Receptor Binding in Rat Brain

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Quantitative autoradiography was used to assess alterations in serotonin (5-HT) receptor binding in the hypothalamus and hippocampus following denervation with 5, 7-dihydroxytryptamine (5, 7-DHT), ovariectomy (OVX) and gonadal steroid manipulation. Seven days after 5, 7-DHT injection, 5-HT1a receptor density was significantly increased in the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMN) of intact but not OVX femaled rats. Under these conditions 5-HT1b receptor density was unchanged in any brain region examined and 5-HT transporter binding was decreased in all 5, 7-DHT injected animals. In addition, there was a significant interaction between OVX and 5, 7-DHT for both the 5-HT1a receptor and the 5-HT transporter in the VMN, such that OVX inhibited the 5, 7-DHT-induced increase in 5-HT1a receptors and attenuated the 5, 7-DHT-induced decrease in 5-HT transporter binding. In a separate experiment the effect of gonadal steroid manipulation on 5-HT receptor binding was assessed. In female OVX rats, 5-HT1a receptor density was unchanged by estrogen or estrogen and progesterone administration. In male rats, castration significantly decreased 5-HT1a receptor density in the medial preoptic area. Estrogen and progesterone administration to female OVX rats increased the density of 5-HT1b receptors in the VMN, as compared to estrogen alone. The relationship of these results to the role of 5-HT in mediating lordosis behavior is discussed.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): NEN

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Neuroendocrinology

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0028-3835

Title: Neuroendocrinology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 0028-3835

ISSN (Electronic): 1423-0194

Publication date Subscription-year: 1994

Publication date (Print): 1994

Publication date (Electronic): 08 April 2008

Volume: 59

Issue: 3

Pages: 245-250

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The Rockefeller University, New York, N.Y., USA

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Publisher ID: 126665 Other ID: Neuroendocrinology 1994;59:245–250

DOI: 10.1159/000126665

PubMed ID: 8159274

SO-VID: ebdfd2ab-df9a-479b-9800-8393e3860c60

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Date received : 12 July 1993

Date accepted : 11 October 1993

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