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ArticleBehavioral neuroscience2009

Ablation of least shrew central neurokinin NK1 receptors reduces GR73632-induced vomiting.

Andrew P Ray, Seetha Chebolu, Juan Ramirez, Nissar A Darmani

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Article in Behavioral neuroscience, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrew P RayDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA.
Seetha Chebolu
Juan Ramirez
Nissar A Darmani
Western University of Health Sciences · US

Funding

MECHANISMS OF CANNABINOID'S ANTIEMETIC ACTIONSR01CA115331 · NCI · WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES · PI DARMANI, NISSAR A · 2004 to 2007
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NCI NIH HHS R01 CA115331NCI NIH HHS R01CA115331
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The neurocircuitry mediating the emetic reflex is still incompletely understood, and a key question is the degree to which central and/or peripheral components contribute to the overall vomiting mechanism. Having previously found a significant peripheral component in neurokinin NK-receptor mediated emesis, the authors undertook this study to examine the putative central component. Adult least shrews were injected intracerebroventricularly (icv) with saline or the blood-brain barrier impermeable toxin, stable substance P-saporin (SSP-SAP), which ablates cells expressing NK receptors. After 3 days, shrews were challenged intraperitoneally with the emetogenic NK agonist GR73632 at different doses, and vomiting and scratching behaviors were quantified. Ablation of NK1-bearing cells was verified immunohistochemically. Although SSP-SAP injection reduced emesis at GR73632 doses of 2.5 and 5 mg/kg, no injections completely eliminated emesis. These data demonstrate that there is both a major central nervous system component and a minor peripheral nervous system component to tachykinin-mediated vomiting. Side effects of the current generation of antiemetics could potentially be reduced by improving bioavailability of the drugs in the more potent central nervous system compartment while reducing bioavailability in the less potent peripheral compartment.

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Analysis of VarianceAnimalsBehavior, AnimalBrain StemDose-Response Relationship, DrugFemaleImmunohistochemistryInjections, IntraperitonealInjections, IntraventricularIntestine, SmallMyenteric PlexusPeptide FragmentsPhotomicrographyReceptors, Neurokinin-1Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 1SaporinsGR 73632Peptide FragmentsReceptors, Neurokinin-1Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 1SaporinsSubstance Psubstance P-saporin

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PMID19485577
PMCPMC2714262
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