Effects of Cerebroventricular Perfusion with Monovalent and Divalent Cations on Plasma Cortisol of Conscious Cats
作者:
A.M. Garcy,
S.F. Marotta,
期刊:
Neuroendocrinology
(Karger Available online 1978)
卷期:
Volume 26,
issue 1
页码: 32-40
ISSN:0028-3835
年代: 1978
DOI:10.1159/000122767
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Cortisol;CSF Cations;Adrenal activity
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
The effects of altering the concentrations of various cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cations on hypothalamo-hypophyseal-adrenocortical (HHA) activity were investigated in conscious cats. The cerebroventricles were perfused with CSF containing high or low [Na+], [K+], [Li+], [Ca2+] and [Mg2+] for 60 min and plasma samples taken periodically for analysis of cortisol. The results demonstrate that changing CSF [Na+] or [Li+] does not substantially alter plasma cortisol levels. Although individually elevating CSF [K+], [Ca2+] or [Mg2+] does not affect plasma cortisol levels, reducing these CSF cations activates the HHA system and the latter in turn is inhibited by the addition of dexamethasone (DEX) to low cation CSF. The excitatory action of reduced [Ca2+] is also inhibited by the addition of norepinephrine to the perfusion fluid, suggesting that lowering this cation affects the HHA system by preventing the release of the adrenergic neurotransmitter. Furthermore, these data suggest that in conscious unrestrained cats basal HHA activity is dependent to some extent upon normal brain extracellular [K+], [Ca2+] and [Mg2+].
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