cat nictitating membrane
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1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (12) ◽  
pp. 1855-1860 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. H. Park ◽  
J. P. Long ◽  
J. G. Cannon

Serotonin1A receptor agonists, 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin and 10-methyl-11-hydroxyaporphine, inhibited electrical stimulation-induced contraction of the guinea-pig ileum. These agonists also inhibited the pressor and tachycardiac responses to low frequency (0.25 Hz) but not to high frequency (2.0 Hz) electrical stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system in pithed rats. Serotonin1B receptor agonist RU 24969 inhibited pressor and tachycardiac responses to both low and high frequencies of stimulation in pithed rats. In the cat nictitating membrane, serotonin1A receptor agonists did not alter contractions elicited by electrical stimulation (0.1–3.0 Hz). Serotonin not only contracted the cat nicitating membrane but also facilitated contractile responses to low frequency (0.1 – 1.0 Hz) stimulation. The contractile effect of serotonin in the cat nictitating membrane was blunted by bretylium, methysergide, and ketanserin, but not by metoclopramide. The facilitatory effect of serotonin was antagonized by methysergide, but not by ketanserin, pindolol, propranolol, or metoclopramide. These results suggest that serotonin1A receptors modulate autonomic neurotransmission in the guinea-pig ileum and pithed rats, but not in the cat nictitating membrane. Serotonin contracts the cat nictitating membrane via serotonin2 subtypes, while facilitating stimulated contractile responses through the serotonin1-like receptors.Key words: guinea-pig ileum, pithed rats, nictitating membrane, serotonin receptors.


1990 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 514-518
Author(s):  
�. N. Telina ◽  
S. V. Kirshin ◽  
R. S. Nizamov ◽  
R. Kh. Akhmedzyanov ◽  
Kh. S. Khamitov

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