The application of in vivo microiontophoresis for the investigation of mast cell-neuron interactions in the rat brain

Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 227-231

  Koszegi, Zsombor ^a   Kovács, Péter ^a   Wilhelm, Márta ^a   Atlasz, Tamás ^a   Babai, Norbert ^a   Kállai, Veronika ^a   Hernádi, István ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Mast cells; Microiontophoresis; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MAST CELL; MICROIONTOPHORESIS; MICROPIPETTE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DEGRANULATION; FEMALE; IONTOPHORESIS; MAST CELLS; NEURONS; P-METHOXY-N-METHYLPHENETHYLAMINE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; THALAMUS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33749256120     PISSN: 0165022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbbm.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Bugajski A.J., Chlap Z., Bugajski J., and Borycz J. Effect of compound 48/80 on mast cells and biogenic amine levels in brain structures and on corticosterone secretion. Physiol Pharmacol 46 (1995) 513-522
2. Khalil M.H., Silverman A.J., and Silver R. Mast cells in the rat brain synthesize gonadotropin-releasing hormone. J Neurobiol 56 (2003) 113-124
3. Silver R., Silverman A.J., Vitkovic L., and Lederhendler I. Mast cells in the brain: evidence and functional significance. Trends Neurosci 19 (1996) 25-31
4. Rozniecki J.J., Spanos C.P., Letorneau R., and Theoharides T.C. Heterogeneity of intracranial mast cells - explanation for involvement in different neuropathological conditions. J Neurol Sci 150 (1997) S171
5. Ikarashi Y., and Yuzurihara M. Experimental anxiety induced by histaminergics in mast cell-deficient and congenitally normal mice. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 72 (2002) 437-441
6. Theoharides T.C., Donelan J., Kandere-Gryzbowska K., and Konstantinidou A. The role of mast cells in migraine pathophysiology. Brain Res Brain Res Rev 49 (2005) 65-76
7. Paxinos G., and Watson C. The rat brain in stereotaxic coordinates (1997), Academic Press, London 65-66
8. Ibrahim M.Z.M. The immediate and delayed effects of compound 48/80 on the mast cells and parenchyma of rabbit brain. Brain Res 17 (1970) 348-350
9. Dimitriadou V., Labracht-Hall M., Reiscler J., and Theoharides T.C. Histochemical and ultrastructural characteristics of rat brain perivascular mast cells stimulated with compound 48/80 and carbachol. Neuroscience 39 (1990) 209-224
10. McCance I., and Phillis J.W. Discharge patterns of elements in cat cerebellar cortex, and their responses to iontophoretically applied drugs. Nature 204 (1964) 844-846
11. Kovács P., Dénes V., Kellényi L., and Hernádi I. Microiontophoresis electrode location by neurohistological marking: comparison of four native dyes applied from current balancing electrode channels. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 51 (2005) 147-151
12. Goldschmidt R.C., Hough L.B., Glick S.D., and Padawer J. Mast cells in rat thalamus: nuclear localization, sex difference and left-right asymmetry. Brain Res 323 (1984) 209-217
13. Menétrey D., and Dubayle D. A one-step dual-labeling method for antigen detection in mast cells. Histochem Cell Biol 120 (2003) 435-442
14. Sugimoto K., Maeyama K., Alam K., Sakurai E., Onoue H., Kasigai T., et al. Brain histaminergic system in mast-cell-deficient (Ws/Ws) rats: histamine content, histidine decarboxylase activity and effects of (S) alpha-fluoromethylhistidine. J Neurochem 65 (1995) 791-797
15. Mössner R., and Lesch K.P. Role of serotonin in the immune system and in neuroimmune interactions. Brain Behav Immunol 12 (1998) 249-271
16. Dubayle D., Serviére J., and Menétrey D. Evidence for serotonin influencing the thalamic infiltration of mast cells in rat. J Neuroimmunol 159 (2005) 20-30
17. Brown R.E., Stevens D.R., and Haas H.L. The physiology of brain histamine. Prog Neurobiol 63 (2001) 637-672
18. Sittig N., and Davidova H. Histamine reduces firing and bursting of anterior and intralaminar thalamic neurons and activates striatal cells in anesthetized rats. Behav Brain Res 124 (2001) 137-143