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. 1972 Feb;126(3):575–585. doi: 10.1042/bj1260575

Stimulation of the production of unesterified fatty acids in nerve endings of guinea-pig brain in vitro by noradrenaline and 5-hydroxytryptamine

C J Price 1, C E Rowe 1
PMCID: PMC1178414  PMID: 5075269

Abstract

1. Noradrenaline (1mm) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (1mm) stimulated the production of unesterified palmitate, oleate, stearate and arachidonate in nerve endings (synaptosomes) isolated from combined guinea-pig cerebral cortex and cerebellum. 2. Iproniazid phosphate (0.36mm) increased the concentrations of the same acids in osmotically ruptured synaptosomes. Further addition of 1mm-noradrenaline or 1mm-5-hydroxytryptamine reversed this increase. 3. Noradrenaline (0.01mm) stimulated the production of unesterified fatty acids in isolated synaptic membranes. 5-Hydroxytryptamine (0.01mm) stimulated the production of unesterified fatty acids in synaptic membranes and synaptic vesicles.

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