Publication Date:
1979-10-19
Description:
A mixture of seven food dyes inhibited the accumulation of eight neurotransmitters or neurotransmitter precursors by rat brain homogenate. At a low concentration (1 microgram per milliliter), erythrosin B (FD&C red 3) was the only dye that inhibited dopamine accumulation. Erythrosin also was effective in decreasing the accumulation of all the other transmitter substances, suggesting that the inhibition is nonspecific and probably secondary to general membrane alteration.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Logan, W J -- Swanson, J M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1979 Oct 19;206(4416):363-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39341" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Cell-Free System
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Depression, Chemical
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Dopamine/metabolism
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Erythrosine/adverse effects/*pharmacology
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Fluoresceins/*pharmacology
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Food Coloring Agents/adverse effects/*pharmacology
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Neurotransmitter Agents/*metabolism
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Rats
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Synapses/*drug effects
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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