Tachykinin NK1 receptor antagonists enhance stress-induced c-fos in rat locus coeruleus |
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Authors: | MK Hahn MJ Bannon |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University Medical School, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. |
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Abstract: | These experiments tested the hypothesis that substance P neurotransmission at tachykinin NK1 receptors in the locus coeruleus is involved in stress-induced activation of the locus coeruleus, using c-fos as an index of activation. Selective tachykinin NK1 receptor antagonists administered systemically did not result in substantial locus coeruleus c-fos expression. Restraint stress resulted in a large number of locus coeruleus c-fos expressing cells. Administration of two selective tachykinin NK1 receptor antagonists prior to restraint resulted in an increase in the number of locus coeruleus c-fos expressing cells, compared to restraint alone. These results suggest that the enhanced c-fos expression observed in response to tachykinin NK1 receptor antagonists combined with stress, could be due to the blockade of tachykinin NK1 receptor-mediated activity at sites other than the locus coeruleus, resulting in an overall activation of the locus coeruleus. |
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