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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-23
pubmed:abstractText
Neurons in the rostral raphe pallidus (rRP) have been proposed to mediate experimental stress-induced tachycardia and fever in rats, and projections from the dorsomedial hypothalamus (DMH) may signal their activation in these settings. Thus, we examined c-fos expression evoked by air jet/restraint stress and restraint stress or by systemic administration of lipopolysaccharide (10 microg/kg and 100 microg/kg) as well as the distribution of the neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) in neurons retrogradely labeled from the raphe with cholera toxin B in key hypothalamic regions. Many neurons in the medial preoptic area and the dorsal area of the DMH were retrogradely labeled, and approximately half of those in the medial preoptic area and moderate numbers in the dorsal DMH were also positive for nNOS. Either stress paradigm or dose of lipopolysaccharide increased the number of c-fos-positive neurons and nNOS/c-fos double-labeled neurons in all regions examined. However, retrogradely labeled neurons positive for c-fos were increased only in the dorsal DMH and adjoining region in both stressed and lipopolysaccharide-treated groups, and triple-labeled neurons were found only in this area in rats subjected to either stress paradigm. Thus, hypothalamic neurons that project to the rRP and express c-fos in response to either experimental stress or systemic inflammation are found only in the dorsal DMH, and many of those activated by stress contain nNOS, suggesting that nitric oxide may play a role in signaling in this pathway.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0953-816X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2228-38
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Air, pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Cholera Toxin, pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Hypothalamus, pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Neural Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I, pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Raphe Nuclei, pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Stress, Psychological, pubmed-meshheading:17927775-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Stress- and lipopolysaccharide-induced c-fos expression and nNOS in hypothalamic neurons projecting to medullary raphe in rats: a triple immunofluorescent labeling study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural