对新著《脑内多巴胺》的评述

近日,笔者较细致地翻阅了上海科学技术出版社出版的由金国章、镇学初两位教授主编的神经药理学新著<脑内多巴胺>,感觉其颇具特色,特归纳出如下一些特点.     

Noradrenaline as a putative neurotransmitter mediating hypotension—induced FOs—like immunoreactivity in the supraoptic nucleus of the rat

Hemorrhage or hypotension induces extensive Fos-like immunoreactivity in the magnocellular neurosecretory cells in the supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus in rat,especially in the vasopressin neurons.The present study was to explore the neurotransmitter mediating this effect,Microinfusion of the alpha-adrenergic blocker into the supraoptic nucleus reduced the hypotension-induced FOs.whereas beta-antagonist did not affect it significantly.Alaha1-and alpha2-antagonist,prazosin and yohimbine,both reduced the Fos-Positive cell counts.However,the effective dosage of yohimbine was much larger,Alpha1-agonist,methoxamine,induced abundant Fos-like immunoreactivity in the vasopressin cells in this nucleus,while beta-and alpha2-agonist did not elicit such effect.Administration of the noradrenergic re-uptake inhibitor desipramine,to this nucleus to locally accumulate the spontaneously released noradrenaline from the nerve terminals also induced Fos expression,mostly in the vasopressin cells.     

两栖类和爬行类体温调节的神经生物学研究进展

两栖类和爬行类属于变温脊椎动物,它们对外界环境温度的变化非常敏感,借助自身体温调节以适应或抵抗这种变化.本文简要介绍了它们的体温调节中枢、参与体温调节的神经递质和激素及其体温调节的研究方法和神经生物学机制.