Effect of choline on central dopaminergic function in normal subjects
- 1 March 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal Of Neural Transmission-Parkinsons Disease and Dementia Section
- Vol. 50 (1) , 29-37
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01254911
Abstract
Oral administration of choline (10 g) had no effect on basal serum growth hormone or prolactin concentrations in normal subjects (N=5). Choline significantly enhanced the increase in growth hormone secretion induced by apomorphine HCl (0.5 mg s.c.). These data suggest that cholinergic mechanisms may enhance hypothalamic-pituitary dopaminergic function in man in contrast to their inhibitory effect on dopaminergic function in the basal ganglia.This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
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