Abstract
We used in vivo microdialysis to examine interindividual differences in the effects of acute immobilization stress and diazepam treatment on monoamine turnover in the hippocampus of male rats as an index of stress. Immobilization significantly increased the concentrations of 3,4‐dihydroxyphenyl‐aceticacid (DOPAC), homovanillic acid (HVA), and 5‐hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5‐HIAA). This effect was attenuated by injection of diazepam, Interindividual differences in reactivity to stressors caused differential changes in different metabolic products of monoamines. In our study, stress‐induced changes in DOPAC levels were relatively great, and there was a similar change in the concentration of HVA. We conclude that at least 2 indexes of stress should be measured to take into account interindividual differences in the changes in stress indexes.
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