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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
Gasping is an important mechanism for survival that appears to be developmentally modulated by the glutamate-nitric oxide (NO) pathway. However, the temporal characteristics of NO brain tissue levels during gasping are unknown. We hypothesized that during anoxia-induced gasping, the gasping frequency would be closely correlated with caudal brainstem tissue NO concentrations in developing rats. Brainstem and cortical tissue NO levels were measured during anoxia using a voltammetric electrode in adult rats and 5-day-old pups during control conditions and following pretreatment with the NMDA receptor antagonist MK-801 (1 mg/kg) or the neuronal NO synthase inhibitor 7-nitro-indazole (7-NI; 100 mg/kg). In young animals, NO tissue levels followed a triphasic trajectory coincident with gasp frequency which was markedly altered by MK-801 and 7-NI, albeit with preservation of gasp frequency-NO tissue level relationships. In adult rats, 40-fold higher NO tissue levels occurred and followed a monophasic trajectory coincident with gasp patterning. In the cortex, monophasic increases in NO levels occurred at all ages. We conclude that anoxia-induced gasping neurogenesis is modulated via NMDA-NO mechanisms in the developing rat. We postulate that higher NO brainstem concentrations may favor early autoresuscitation, but limit anoxic tolerance.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-3126
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
79
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
122-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Anoxia, pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Brain Stem, pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Dizocilpine Maleate, pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Indazoles, pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Neocortex, pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Osmolar Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Respiration, pubmed-meshheading:11223654-Respiration Disorders
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Brainstem nitric oxide tissue levels correlate with anoxia-induced gasping activity in the developing rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, Departments of Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY 40202, USA. d0goza01@gwise.louisville.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't