ON THE ORIGIN OF VANILLYLMANDELIC ACID AND 3-METHOXY-4-HYDROXY-PHENYLGLYCOL IN THE RAT BRAIN |
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| Authors: | J-P Adér F A J Muskiet H J Jeuring J Korf |
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| Institution: | Department of Biological Psychiatry, State University Hospital, Oostersingel 59, Groningen, The Netherlands;Department of Clinical Chemistry, State University Hospital, Oostersingel 59, Groningen, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Abstract— The effects of electrothermic destruction and electrical stimulation of the locus coeruleus on the brain levels of vanillylmandelic acid (VMA), 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MOPEG) and noradrenaline (NA) were studied in the rat. Fourteen days after destruction of the locus coeruleus, the content of NA in the hippocampus and that of MOPEG in the rest of the brain were decreased by more than 70% and 50% respectively.
Stimulation of the locus coeruleus induced a decrease in hippocampal levels of NA of 38%, while MOPEG levels were found to be increased more than 3-fold After intraventricular injection of 1 μg of adrenaline (A), the levels of MOPEG were Substantially increased In none of these experiments was any variation in VMA levels found, These results suggest that in the rat brain endogenous VMA is not a metabolite of either NA or A The formation of MOPEG from A as well as from NA appears to be possible. |
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