| Literature DB >> 9617783 |
K Fukui1, Y Kawashima, H Iizumi, H Utsumi, T Nakajima.
Abstract
Phencyclidine (PCP) is a dissociative drug and an antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor. The effects of PCP treatment on neuropeptide Y (NPY) system in the arcuate nucleus of the rat hypothalamus were examined both by immunocytochemistry and in situ hybridization. In acute PCP-treated rats, the NPY-immunoreactive perikarya appeared in the arcuate nucleus but no perikarya were detected in controls, without colchicine pretreatment. The signals of NPY mRNA by in situ hybridization increased in the PCP-treated rats than those of controls. These results suggest that the NPY system in the arcuate nucleus might be partly controlled by glutamatergic neurons.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 9617783 DOI: 10.1007/BF01276415
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neural Transm (Vienna) ISSN: 0300-9564 Impact factor: 3.575