In aged rats, carnosine attenuated altered serotonin receptor binding across brain regions toward young-rat values.
In plain wordsIn aged rats, carnosine moved serotonin binding across brain regions toward young-rat values.
- Peptide
- L-carnosine
- Outcome
- MixedReceptor binding at 24 months across brain regions
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Rat brain aging model- Outcome group
- Receptor activity and mechanism · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- 2.0 μg/kg/day · intrathecal · 21 consecutive daysAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
The aging-induced changes in [(3)H]-5-HT receptor binding with carnosine (2.0 μg/kg/day, intrathecally, for 21 consecutive days) attenuated in (a) 24-month-aged rats irrespective of the brain regions with the attenuation of its Bmax except hypothalamus where both Bmax and KD were significantly attenuated
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
and restored toward the [(3)H]-5-HT receptor binding that observed in 4-month-young rats.
In the present study the role of carnosine on aging-induced changes of [(3)H]-5-HT receptor binding in different brain regions in a rat model was studied.