[Effect of tranylcypromine on glycogenolysis in the rat brain]

Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper. 1979 Jan 30;55(2):148-52.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

In rat brain the tranylcypromine administration induces after two hours a 151% increase of serotonin levels and a 50% fall of glycogen concentration. The activity of phosphorylase a and b and the glycolytic flow rate are unchanged.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / drug effects
  • Brain / metabolism*
  • Glycogen / biosynthesis
  • Glycogenolysis / drug effects*
  • Male
  • Models, Animal
  • Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Phosphorylase a / drug effects
  • Phosphorylase b / drug effects
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Serotonin / metabolism*
  • Serotonin Agents / metabolism*
  • Tranylcypromine / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors
  • Serotonin Agents
  • Serotonin
  • Tranylcypromine
  • Glycogen
  • Phosphorylase a
  • Phosphorylase b