Studies of the influence of biogenic amines on central nervous system ischemia.

The effect of ischemia on biogenic amine concentrations in the central nervous system.

A rabbit spinal cord ischemia model was used to study the effects of focal ischemia on the tissue concentrations of serotonin, 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid, and norepinephrine. Ischemia induced by abdominal aorta occlusion caused both serotonin and norepinephrine concentrations to decline in the most ischemic areas of the spinal cord by 55 minutes. In marginally perfused adjacent areas, serotoni...

Metabolism of Biogenic Amines in Acute Cerebral Ischemia: Influence of Systemic Hyperglycemia

Molecular and pharmacological properties of insect biogenic amine receptors: lessons from Drosophila melanogaster and Apis mellifera.

In the central nervous system (CNS) of both vertebrates and invertebrates, biogenic amines are important neuroactive molecules. Physiologically, they can act as neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, or neurohormones. Biogenic amines control and regulate various vital functions including circadian rhythms, endocrine secretion, cardiovascular control, emotions, as well as learning and memory. In in...

Biogenic amines in sea products

Sea food products are being processed through various techniques, i.e. chilling and freezing, heating, irradiating, and curing; regard to the condition of processing, formation of biogenic amines are probable, as raw materials are usually rich in respective precursors. Fermented fish products are among the most vulnerable items to this challenge, these products due to their nutritious value are...

Associative Learning: The Instructive Function of Biogenic Amines

Biogenic amines like dopamine or octopamine modify neural function at multiple levels, sensitizing or depressing behaviour. Recent studies in insects have now shown that, besides a role in motivational modulation, biogenic amines substitute the reinforcer function in associative learning, thus instructing the nervous system about the relevance of external events.