| publication name | Effects of glimepiride (Amaryl) on biogenic amines content in different areas in the brain of adult diabetic male albino mice/rats. |
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| Authors | M. H. M. Aly, M. E. Mansour, Ahmed S. Mohamed and |
| year | 2001 |
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| journal | J. Egypt. Soc. Pharmacol |
| volume | Not Available |
| issue | Not Available |
| pages | Not Available |
| publisher | Not Available |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | Not Available |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
This work was conducted to investigate the effect of glimepiride on the brain chemical neurotransmitters norepinephrine (NE), serotonine (5- HT), gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and dopamine (DA) in different brain areas namely cerebral cortex (C.C.), thalamus/ hypothalamus (TH), midbrain (M.B.) and cerebellum (C.) in streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetes and to study the effect of Vit E separately and concomitantly with glimepiride on the previous neurotransmitters. .-. •• In diabetes induced experimentally in rats by streptozotocin (STZ) (50 mg/kg I.P) results of the present work showed significant elevation of NE level (P < 0.05) in CC, TH, and GABA in all tested brain areas and significant reduction of DA and 5HT levels (P0.05) of GABA, DA, NE and 5HT levels (P > 0.05) in all tested brain areas compared with diabetic non treated rats. Concomitant administrations of glimepiride (0.1 mg/kg orally) and Vit. E (0.1 mg/kg orally) showed significant reduction of GABA, significant elevation of 5HT levels (PO.05) in' all tested brain areas with significant reduction of NE level (PO.05) in CC, TH.