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The posterior hypothalamus of anaesthetized cats was superfused with artificial CSF through a push-pull cannula and the arterial blood pressure was recorded in the femoral artery. The release of endogenous histamine was determined in the hypothalamic superfusate by a radioenzymatic assay. Intravenous injection of sodium nitroprusside elicited a fall of blood pressure which was accompanied by an increase in the rate of release of endogenous histamine in the posterior hypothalamus. Similary, a controlled bleeding lowered the arterial blood pressure and enhanced the release of histamine. The durations of depressor responses to nitroprusside or controlled bleeding coincided with the duration of the changes in the rate of release of histamine. Intravenous injection of chlorisondamine also lowered the arterial blood pressure and augmented the release of histamine. However, the hypotension lasted longer than the increased release of histamine in the hypothalamus.
Intravenous injection of noradrenaline elicited a rise in the arterial blood pressure which was associated with an increase in the release of histamine in the posterior hypothalamus. Intravenous injection of tramazoline led to a long-lasting hypertension and to a short-lasting increase in the release of histamine. Transection of the spinal cord at C1/C2 elicited a pressor response which was followed by hypotension. Increase and decrease in the arterial blood pressure were associated with an increased rate of release of endogenous histamine. A second transection of the spinal cord at a higher level did not influence either blood pressure or rate of release of histamine.
It is concluded that increases and decreases in the arterial blood pressure enhance the rate of release of endogenous histamine in the posterior hypothalamus of the anaesthetized cat. The alterations in the release of histamine seem to represent an immediate response of the hypothalamus to changes in peripheral blood pressure.
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Philippu, A., Hagen, R., Hanesch, U. et al. Changes in the arterial blood pressure increase the release of endogenous histamine in the hypothalamus of anaesthetized cats. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol. 323, 162–167 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00634265
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