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Decreased Dopaminergic Activity in Hepatic Encephalopathy in Rats with Galactosamine-Induced Acute Liver Failure Atsuo Yamada 1 , Hiroaki Takeuchi 1 , Hitoshi Miki 1 , Tetsuo Touge 1 , Mikio Nishioka 1 1The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kagawa Medical School Keyword: hepatic encephalopathy , dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta , terminal excitability , BCAA-rich amino acid preparation(GO−80) pp.103-109
Published Date 1992/2/1
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1406900292
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Hepatic encephalopathy might be related to the failure of the liver to remove some toxic substances that were endogeneously produced. The amino acid inbalance theory focuses on an increase of false neurotransmitters and a decrease of noradrenaline and dopamine. Therefore, we examined the activ-ities of the dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta electrophysiologically in con-trol rats and in rats with hepatic encephalopathy induced by galactosamine. The mean firing rates of the dopaminergic neurons in rats with hepatic ence-phalopathy was 138.5 ± 77.8 spikes/min. This was significantly lower than the mean value for the control rats which was 220.1 ± 105.7 spikes/min. The terminal excitability of the dopaminergic neur-ons in rats with hepatic encephalopathy was also decreased significantly compared with the ex-citability in the control rats. Following the adminis-tration of the BCAA-rich amino acid preparation (GO-80) to rats with hepatic encephalopathy, the firing rates and the terminal excitability of the dopaminergic neurons were increased. The results of this study indicate that hepatic encephalopathy in rats with galactosamine-induced acute liver failure is associated with a decreased activity of the dopaminergic neurotransmitter system.


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電子版ISSN 2185-405X 印刷版ISSN 0006-8969 医学書院

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