Dopamine, Neurochemical Processes, and Oxygen Toxicity at Pressure
- 13 June 2016
- book chapter
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Comprehensive Physiology
- Vol. 6 (3), 1339-1344
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cphy.c140025
Abstract
All mammals, including man, exposed to breathing gas mixtures at high pressures exhibit central nervous system disturbances, which differ according to the gas used. With the use of compressed air, the increased oxygen partial pressure induces hyperoxic disturbances that consist of epileptic seizures that occur, on average, after 30 min exposure to 2.8 ATA in man or to 5 ATA in rats. Increased oxygen partial pressure induces reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species production that could be related to neurotransmitter changes reported for the preepileptic phase or at pressures that produce epileptic seizures. In rats, oxygen pressures lower than 5 ATA induce a decrease of dopamine release in the stratum that could be due to disturbances of neurotransmitter regulatory processes that are different from those implicated for hyperbaric oxygen-induced epileptic seizures. © 2016 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 6:1339-1344, 2016.Keywords
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