When administered to rats in a cold environment, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine reduces brown adipose tissue thermogenesis and increases tail blood flow: Effects of pretreatment with 5-HT1A and dopamine D2 antagonists

Neuroscience

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1619-1626

  Rusyniak, D E ^a   Ootsuka, Y ^b   Blessing, W W ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ambient temperature; MDMA; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; SPIPERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; TAIL; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 45849097934     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.04.041     Document Type: Article

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