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The effects of microelectrophoretic applications of neurotransmitter substances and their antagonists on the activity of paraventricular oxytocinergic neurones were studied in urethane anesthetized lactating rats. Oxytocinergic neurones were identified by their antidromic response to the stimulation of the neurohypophysis and by their characteristic high frequency discharge of action potentials approximately 15-20s before reflex milk ejection. Acetylcholine (ACh) excited the majority (75%) of paraventricular oxytocinergic neurones, and none of the cells was inhibited in its activity by ACh. In about half of the oxytocinergic cells, atropine and hexamethonium reduced the number of action potentials during the burst discharge preceding reflex milk ejection. Noradrenaline (NE), dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-HT) reduced the activity of most (75-100%) of oxytocinergic neurones, and none of the cells was excited by these catecholamines. These results suggest that paraventricular oxytocinergic neurones receive excitatory cholinergic inputs and inhibitory noradrenergic, dopaminergic and serotonergic inputs.
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