title: Cardiovascular responses elicited by microinjection of monoamines into mesencephalic nucleus dorsalis raphe in cats.
abstract: The effect of monoaminergic agonists and antagonists microinjected into mesencephalic nucleus dorsalis raphe has been studied on blood pressure and heart rate to elucidate the nature and role of these monoaminergic receptors in cardiovascular regulation. Microinjection of monoamines, noradrenaline, phenylephrine and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) into nucleus dorsalis raphe elicited hypertension and tachycardia which could be blocked by local pretreatment with piperoxan (an alpha-adrenoceptor blocker) and methysergide (a 5-HT receptor blocker) respectively. However, isoprenaline microinjections failed to evoke any response. Bilateral vagotomy did not prevent these cardiovascular responses evoked by monoamines microinjection, while cervical spinal cord (C1) transection with bilateral vagotomy prevented these responses. These monoaminergic receptors seem to be localized in nucleus dorsalis raphe since microinjection of monoamines into neural structures adjoining nucleus dorsalis raphe, failed to induce any cardiovascular response. Monoaminergic receptors are present in nucleus dorsalis raphe which modulate cardiovascular activity by influencing sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the intermediolateral columns of the spinal cord.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Saksena
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Agnihotri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vrat
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Tangri
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Bhargava
mesh_terms: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001679:Biogenic Amines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008636:Mesencephalon; D008784:Methysergide / Q000494:pharmacology; D008845:Microinjections; D011903:Raphe Nuclei; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014628:Vagotomy
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D001679:Biogenic Amines; D012701:Serotonin; D008784:Methysergide