Abstract
The effect of the equimolar doses (6, 20 and 60 nmol) of either adrenaline (AD) or noradrenaline (NA) microinjected into the median raphe nucleus (MR) on feeding behavior of food-restricted rats (15 g/day/rat) was investigated. The data indicated that 20 nmol AD microinjection, but not NA, into the MR decreased the animal food intake. This hypophagic effect induced by AD may be ascribed to a feeding bout conclusion (satiation process) and not to any changes in non-ingestive behaviors induced by drug microinjection. Since equimolar doses of NA failed to change the animal feeding behavior, it is possible to say that AD-induced hypophagia may be due to either changes in tonic stimulatory control exerted by endogenous noradrenaline on MR or to AD-beta(2) receptor activation in the MR. We claim that such activation may be much more importantly exerted by adrenaline-containing afferents to MR neurons involved with ingestive behavior than by noradrenergic inputs.
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