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Fiziologichnyi Zhurnal

is a scientific journal issued by the

Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Editor-in-chief: V.F. Sagach

The journal was founded in 1955 as
1955 – 1977 "Fiziolohichnyi zhurnal" (ISSN 0015 – 3311)
1978 – 1993 "Fiziologicheskii zhurnal" (ISSN 0201 – 8489)
1994 – 2016 "Fiziolohichnyi zhurnal" (ISSN 0201 – 8489)
2017 – "Fiziolohichnyi zhurnal" (ISSN 2522-9028)

Fiziol. Zh. 2005; 51(4): 29-35

The influence of non-selective alpha-adrenergic receptors antagonistnicergoline on the motor thalamicneuronal activity

O.P. Lukhanina, N.A. Pilkevich.

    O.O. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academyof Science of Ukraine, Kyiv



Abstract

In experiments on rats microionophoretic administration of nicergoline mainly showed the dual effect on the background activity of the ventrolateral thalamic nucleus (VL) neurons and their reactions evoked by the superior cerebellum pe- duncle stimulation: inhibitory under weak (2-10 nA) and exci- tatory under stronger (20-40 nA) currents. Microionophoresis (25 nA) of nicergoline led to decrease of the postexcitatory inhibitory processes during paired stimulation of the cerebel- lum fibers. Paired-pulse ratio (number of spikes in the short- latency neuronal responses elicited by the second pulse / number of spikes by the first pulse) increased, which support a presynaptic mode of drug action. Hence excitatory effect of nicergoline may be related to the blockade of the presynaptic alpha2-receptors, while inhibitory effect by the blockade of the postsynaptic alpha1-receptors. Present data reveal the essential participation of the alpha-adrenoreceptor system in the modulation of background and evoked neuronal activity of the motor thalamus. The possible role of noradrenergic dener- vation in the development of movement disorders accompa- nying Parkinson’s disease is discussed.

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