The effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT; serotonin) and dopamine (DA) on tissue carbohydrate metabolism and haemolymph glucose levels in the freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium malcolmsonii, were investigated. Injection of 5-HT and DA produced hyperglycaemia in a dose-dependent and time-dependent manne
The effects of protriptyline and clomipraminein vitroon the uptake of 5-hydroxytryptamine and dopamine in human platelet-rich plasma
β Scribed by Ann Trenchard; P. Turner; C. M. B. Pare; M. Hills
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 371 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0033-3158
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β¦ Synopsis
The effects of protriptyline and clomipramine, at concentrations of 10(-7)M to 10(-4)M, were studied in vitro on the uptake of 5-hydroxytryptamine and dopamine uptake in human platelet-rich plasma. It was found that the tertiary amine, clomipramine, was a more potent inhibitor of 5-hydroxytryptamine uptake than the secondary amine, protriptyline. The activity of both compounds was competitive but it was thought unlikely that they acted through tryptamine receptor sites as methysergide 2.5 X 10(-8)M had very little effect on 5-hydroxytryptamine uptake. Neither tricyclic antidepressant had any marked effect on dopamine uptake.
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