1975
DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(75)90006-3
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Effect of hibernation on serotonin metabolism in the brain stem of the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)

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“…In the redcheeked ground squirrel, S. erythrogenys (Popova and Voitenko 1981), an increased 5-HT level has been found in the hypothalamus, hippocampus, and midbrain prior to entry into hibernation; central injection of 5-HT causes a decrease in heat production and an increase in heat loss possibly via the 5-HT2 receptor (Popova 1986) and may facilitate entry into hibernation. In the Syrian hamster (Novotona et al 1975), the brain 5-HT turnover rate is some 24 times higher during torpor than it is when active, suggesting increased serotonergic activity associated with the onset of hibernation. In the golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spafford and Pengelley 1971), injection (i. p.) of parachlorophenylalanine or lesioning of the medial raphe nucleus, both serve to reduce the endogenous synthesis of brain 5-HT and result in an interruption of the animal's ability to enter hibernation.…”
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“…In the redcheeked ground squirrel, S. erythrogenys (Popova and Voitenko 1981), an increased 5-HT level has been found in the hypothalamus, hippocampus, and midbrain prior to entry into hibernation; central injection of 5-HT causes a decrease in heat production and an increase in heat loss possibly via the 5-HT2 receptor (Popova 1986) and may facilitate entry into hibernation. In the Syrian hamster (Novotona et al 1975), the brain 5-HT turnover rate is some 24 times higher during torpor than it is when active, suggesting increased serotonergic activity associated with the onset of hibernation. In the golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spafford and Pengelley 1971), injection (i. p.) of parachlorophenylalanine or lesioning of the medial raphe nucleus, both serve to reduce the endogenous synthesis of brain 5-HT and result in an interruption of the animal's ability to enter hibernation.…”
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“…For example, serotonergic activity influences repro duction in several ways, including an inhibition of gonado tropic hormone release [21,23], an activity that would be important in fall and winter when gonadal hormones could prevent hibernation [16]. Thus, it is of interest that brain se rotonin content and apparent activity are greater during fall and winter in several hibernatory species [8,18,27,32,34],The seasonal change in daylength is an important regu lator of the annual cycle of reproduction in the golden ham ster, Mesocrieetus auratus. However, an endogenous timer is equally important in that it determines how daylength is interpreted during the year.…”
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“…En algunos mamíferos a nivel cerebral como la ardilla de tierra Cittelus erythrogenys (Popova y Voitenko, 1981), el hámster dorado Mesocricetus auratus (Novotná et al, 1975) y en el murciélago Myotis lucifugus (Nunez et al, 1981;Bauman et al, 1989), encontraron que hay una fluctuación estacional de la concentración de 5-HT que aumenta justo antes de entrar en hibernación o durante esta, con un descenso de la concentración al salir de la hibernación al instante de darse la excitación, nosotros encontramos que a nivel testicular en el murciélago M. velifer sucede algo similar; permitiendo que el aumento de concentración de 5-HT previo a la hibernación, inhiba la secreción de testosterona y se dé la involución testicular y que al terminar la hibernación con la disminución de 5-HT se active la recrudescencia testicular y por consiguiente la espermatogénesis. Por lo que podemos pensar que al igual que en el murciélago M. lucifugus, el aumento o disminución de la concentración de 5-HT en el testículo puede ser la señal que le indica en que momento inicia o termina el proceso de hibernación, junto con las señales que se dan a nivel central (Nunez et al, 1981).…”
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