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Young cockerels injected 24 h earlier with 0.9% saline,para-chorophenylalanine (pCPA, brain serotonin depletor) or alpha-methylpara-tyrosine (AMPT, brain catecholamine depletor) were deprived of access to water for 24 h. Plasma prolactin concentrations were markedly elevated by water deprivation and returned to normal on rehydration. pCPA, but not AMPT, significantly reduced the increase in prolactin. Concentrations of growth hormone were not affected by water deprivation. Brain serotonin concentrations were reduced by treatment with pCPA. Groups of cockerels were maintained under normal conditions or without access to drinking water for 12 h or 24h. Some were injected with the monoamine oxidase inhibitor pargyline, which increased the prolactin and decreased the growth hormone concentration in the plasma of the hydrated birds. The inhibitory effect of pargyline on growth hormone was augmented following water deprivation. Serotonin levels were not significantly affected by water deprivation but turnover (defined as accumulation of serotonin after pargyline treatment) was increased in the hypothalamus but not in remaining tissue. Injecting 30% saline solution intravenously markedly increased plasma prolactin whilst growth hormone concentrations were decreased. Serotonin turnover was increased in the hypothalamus but not in other brain regions. The results show that secretion of prolactin and growth hormone by the pituitary gland during osmotic imbalance in the fowl may be mediated by changes in hypothalamic scrotonin turnover.
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Abbreviations
- AMPT :
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α-methyl-p-tyrosine
- p-CPA :
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p-chlorophenylalanine
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Hall, T.R., Chadwick, A., Woodhouse, J. et al. Brain serotonin turnover and plasma prolactin and growth hormone concentrations during changes in osmotic balance in the domestic fowl. J Comp Physiol B 156, 103–108 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00692931
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