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In vivo 5-HIAA release from the anterior hypothalamus in the ovariectomized and estradiol treated rat following perfusion with progesterone

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In the present study the frequency and magnitude of the release of 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid (5-HIAA) was measured from the anterior hypothalamus of ovariectomized (OVX) and OVX rats treated with estradiol (E2). Female, Holtzman strain rats were maintained on a photoperiod of 14 H light from 0100 to 1500 H and experiments performed from 0900 to 1700 H. Animals exhibiting four-day estrous cycles (250–300 gms) were OVX (20 days recovery) and a push-pull-cannula (PPC) implanted and stereotaxically aimed at the SCN region in the anterior hypothalamus. Following a 7–10 day recovery push-pull-perfusion (PPP) experiments were performed on either OVX females or on OVX females in which a silastic E2 implant (150 μg E2/ml. sesame oil), was placed sc 48 H prior to PPP. In other experiments progesterone (P4) was perfused in a pulsatile manner over the SCN region of the anterior hypothalamus. The overall average 5-HIAA release in the OVX treated rats (548±358 pg/10 min.) was similar to that in the OVX E2 group (694±148 pg/10 min). The average period of 5-HIAA release was (48.2±5.5 min) in the OVX group and (56.0±9.8 min) in the OVX E2 group. These results indicate that exposure of long term OVX rats (20 days) to E2 has no effect on the release or period of 5-HIAA release from serotonergic terminals concentrated in the SCN of the anterior hypothalamus. Pulsatile perfusions of P4 over the SCN region in the OVX E2 treated rat significantly decreased 5-HIAA release but had no effect on the frequency of 5-HIAA release. This suggests that the pulsatile perfusion of P4 can modulate serotonergic activity and potentially affect serotonergic dependent neuroendocrine systems.

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Meyer, D.C., Holman, M., Connel, R. et al. In vivo 5-HIAA release from the anterior hypothalamus in the ovariectomized and estradiol treated rat following perfusion with progesterone. Neurochem Res 15, 805–813 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00968558

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