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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 8
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-4-18
pubmed:abstractText
Defence responses triggered experimentally in rats by stimulation of the dorsomedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (DMH) and the dorsolateral periaqueductal grey matter (PAG) inhibit the cardiac baroreflex response (i.e. bradycardia). It has also been proposed that the midbrain cuneiform nucleus (CnF) is involved in active responses. Our aim was to identify the neurocircuitry involved in defence-induced baroreflex inhibition, with a particular focus on the link between DMH, CnF and dorsolateral PAG. Microinjection of the anterograde tracer Phaseolus vulgaris leucoaggutinin into the CnF revealed a dense projection to the dorsolateral PAG. Moreover, activation of neurons in the CnF induced increased expression of Fos protein in the dorsolateral PAG. Inhibition of neurons of the CnF or dorsolateral PAG prevented the inhibition of baroreflex bradycardia induced by DMH or CnF stimulation, respectively. These results provide a detailed description of the brain circuitry underlying acute baroreflex modulation by neurons of the DMH. Our data have shown for the first time that the CnF plays a key role in defence reaction-associated cardiovascular changes; its stimulation, from the DMH, activates the dorsolateral PAG, which, in turn, inhibits baroreflex bradycardia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1469-7793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
589
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2079-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-10-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Baroreflex, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Bradycardia, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Cardiovascular Agents, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Defense Mechanisms, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Feedback, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Heart Rate, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Mesencephalon, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Microinjections, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Neural Inhibition, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Neural Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Neuroanatomical Tract-Tracing Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Neuronal Tract-Tracers, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Neurotransmitter Agents, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Periaqueductal Gray, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Phytohemagglutinins, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:21486808-Rats, Sprague-Dawley
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Brain circuits mediating baroreflex bradycardia inhibition in rats: an anatomical and functional link between the cuneiform nucleus and the periaqueductal grey.
pubmed:affiliation
UPMC/INSERM, UMR-S 975 and CNRS UMR 7225, Faculté de médecine UPMC, Site Pitie-Salpêtrière, Paris F-75013, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't