Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2008787 | Peptides | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Doxapram causes panic anxiety in humans. To determine whether doxapram alters corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) expression in the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA), paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus (PVN), or bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST), we used immunohistochemistry to measure CRF peptide in these brain areas after doxapram injection. Doxapram injection significantly increased CRF-like immunoreactivity (CRF-IR) within the CeA, but not in the BNST or PVN, and this increase was significant 2Â h after injection. In addition, doxapram significantly increased CRF mRNA expression within the CeA, and this was most prominent 30Â min after injection. These results suggest that doxapram selectively increases CRF expression within the CeA, and that this is mediated by increased CRF gene transcription. This increase in CRF-IR within the CeA might explain the doxapram-induced anxiety reaction.
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Authors
Song-hyen Choi, Sung-Jin Kim, Sang-Ha Park, Bo-Hyun Moon, Eunju Do, Boe-Gwun Chun, Min-Soo Lee, Kyung-Ho Shin,