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G L Kovács1, J Kishonti, K Lissák
1Department of Physiology, University Medical School, Pécs Hungary; Department of Pathophysiology, University Medical School, Szeged Hungary.
Abstract:
Electric stimulation of rat midbrain raphe nuclei by means of chronically implanted bipolar electrodes was able to reduce the stress-induced increase in plasma corticosterone level by about 40-50%. A serotonin receptor blocker, methysergide, prevented the stimulation-induced inhibition of the stress response. The results support the possible existence of serotoninergic inhibition of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical activation in rats.
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