Tadepalli A S
Br J Pharmacol. 1980 Aug;69(4):647-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1980.tb07916.x.
1 Vagally mediated reflex bradycardia was elicited in spinal cats with intravenous pressor doses of noradrenaline. Administration of 5-hydroxytryptophan (1.5 and 3 mg total dose) into the fourth cerebral ventricle reduced the reflex bradycardia. 2 Inhibition of central amino acid decarboxylase with R044602 prevented the effects of 5-hydroxytryptophan. After intravenous administration of 5-hydroxytryptophan, vagal reflex bradycardia was not affected. 3 Results suggest that 5-hydroxytryptophan acts in the CNS to inhibit baroreceptor-mediated vagal reflex bradycardia and that action is mediated via conversion to 5-hydroxytryptamine.