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BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN
卷 57, 期 2, 页码 165-170出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(01)00736-5
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nitric oxide (NO); 7-nitroindazole; L-arginine; D-arginine; ethanol; tolerance
Previous studies have shown that nitric oxide (NO) is involved in the development of rapid tolerance to the motor incoordination produced by ethanol. In order to further investigate this involvement, three experiments were undertaken using the tilt-plane and the hypothermia tests. The first demonstrated that 7-nitroindazole (7-NI), a preferential neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) inhibitor, injected by intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) route, blocked the development of rapid tolerance to ethanol-induced motor incoordination. This effect was prevented by i.c.v. injection of L-arginine. The second experiment showed that D-arginine did not influence the blockade of tolerance produced by 7-NI. The third experiment revealed that i.c.v. injection of 7-NI also blocked the development of tolerance to the hypothermic effect of ethanol. These results support the hypothesis that nNOS-derived NO participates in the development of rapid tolerance to ethanol. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc.
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