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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
The pattern of Fos-like immunoreactivity (FLI) in the periaqueductal gray (PAG) associated with activation of arterial chemoreceptors versus baroreceptor afferents was examined in urethane-anesthetized rats. Chemoreflex responses elicited by repeat intravenous injections of potassium cyanide (KCN; 90 microg/kg) significantly increased FLI in all columns of the PAG relative to saline-injected animals. Pressor responses elicited by intravenous phenylephrine (PE) produced a similar pattern of increased FLI throughout the PAG except in the dorsomedial and lateral columns of the caudal PAG, where FLI was minimal. Chemoreflex responses were unaltered by blockade of excitatory amino acid receptors in the dorsomedial PAG, and < 10% of the neurons of the caudal PAG that expressed FLI after KCN stimulation were retrogradely labeled from the A5 region of the caudal ventrolateral pons. These results indicate that integration of chemoreceptor inputs occurs primarily in the dorsal and lateral columns of the caudal PAG, but these neurons have little direct descending influence over lower brain stem regions integral to the central arterial chemoreflex arc.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0363-6135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
283
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H1975-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Chemoreceptor Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Kynurenic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Neural Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Periaqueductal Gray, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Phenylephrine, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Pons, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Potassium Cyanide, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Pressoreceptors, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Receptors, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Respiration, pubmed-meshheading:12384476-Vasoconstrictor Agents
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
c-Fos expression in the midbrain periaqueductal gray after chemoreceptor and baroreceptor activation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.