Chronic antidepressant treatment enhances agonist affinity of brain alpha 1-adrenoceptors |
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Authors: | D B Menkes G K Aghajanian D W Gallager |
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Affiliation: | Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and the Connecticut Mental Health Center, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06508, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Binding of [3H]prazosin, a selective alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist, to thalamic membranes was studied following chronic treatment of rats with tricyclic antidepressants. Rosenthal analysis showed no change in the number or affinity of antagonist binding sites; however, the ability of the alpha 1-agonist phenylephrine to compete for these sites was significantly enhanced after chronic tricyclic treatment. This result is consistent with previous studies showing physiological alpha 1-supersensitivity in thalamus after chronic antidepressant administration. |
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Keywords: | Antidepressants Prazosin Tricyclics Chronic treatment |
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