著者

Yuji Ikegaya Norio Matsuki

出版者

The Japanese Pharmacological Society

雑誌

The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology (ISSN:00215198)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.89, no.3, pp.324-326, 2002 (Released:2002-07-22)

参考文献数

10

被引用文献数

8 12

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This paper reports that vasopressin is emetogenic in the house musk shrew Suncus murinus. Either intravenous or intracerebroventricular administration of vasopressin caused vomiting within a few minutes. The ED50 of intravenous vasopressin was as high as 4.67 μg/kg, whereas intracerebroventricularly injected vasopressin was effective at a low dose of 20 ng/brain. The emetogenic target of vasopressin may therefore be present in the central nervous system. We propose the Suncus as a useful animal for investigation of vasopressin-mediated emesis, including motion sickness.

著者

Atsushi Usami Takuya Sasaki Nobuhiro Satoh Takahiro Akiba Satoshi Yokoshima Tohru Fukuyama Kenzo Yamatsugu Motomu Kanai Masakatsu Shibasaki Norio Matsuki Yuji Ikegaya

出版者

(公社)日本薬理学会

雑誌

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences (ISSN:13478613)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.106, no.4, pp.659-662, 2008 (Released:2008-04-19)

参考文献数

15

被引用文献数

24 33

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Oseltamivir, a widely used anti-influenza drug, inhibits virus neuraminidase. A mammalian homologue of this enzyme is expressed in the brain, yet the effect of oseltamivir on central neurons is largely unknown. Patch-clamp recordings ex vivo revealed that oseltamivir enhanced spike synchronization between hippocampal CA3 pyramidal cells. Time-lapse multineuron calcium imaging revealed that oseltamivir and its active metabolite evoked synchronized population bursts that recruited virtually all neurons in the network. This unique, so-far-unknown, event was attenuated by muscarinic receptor antagonist. Thus, oseltamivir is a useful tool for investigating a new aspect of neural circuit operation.