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The effects of hydrocortisone, triamcinolone, prednisolone and dexamethasone have been investigated in vitro using mitochondria isolated from rat brain. Respiratory control ratio (RCR). oxygen consumption. ATP synthesis, enzymatic activities of involved complexes and superoxide anion generation have been measured to assess the effects of these drugs. Our data showed that the decrease of RCR induced by glucocorticoids was due to a common inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation (State 3) and of complex V activity and a modification of the proton‐fluxes through the mitochondrial inner membrane. These effects were quantitatively limited, since they occurred at concentrations lower than 2 nM. Dexamethasone was the only one able to induce a specific inhibition of complex I activity and to decrease the superoxide anion radical generation. Inhibition of complex V and partial reversion of uncoupling seem to …