Functional interaction between brain histamine and OEA. (A) Effect of OEA administration on histamine release in the prefrontal cortex of freely moving mice. Represented are means ± SEM of three fasted and four fed ad libitum mice. (B) Effect of ABT-239 and OEA–ABT-239 on cortical histamine release in freely moving mice. Represented are means ± SEM of four and five mice, respectively. ABT-239 and OEA were administered i.p. separately and α-FMH (5 µg) was administered i.c.v. Baseline histamine release was not detectable in α-FMH–treated mice or during ABT-239 administration (dashed line; n = 4). Experiments were carried out between 0900 and 1600 h. ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05, vs. baseline values; ##P < 0.01 vs. ABT-239, two-way ANOVA and Bonferroni’s test. For clarity, we reported only the significant differences vs. the last baseline sample before drug treatment, although differences were significant vs. all baseline samples.