title: Rostral ventrolateral medullary but not medullary lateral tegmental field neurons mediate sympatho-sympathetic reflexes in cats.
abstract: This study was designed to build on past work from this laboratory by testing the hypothesis that medullary lateral tegmental field (LTF) neurons play a critical role in mediating sympathoexcitatory responses to activation of sympathetic afferent fibers. We studied the effects of microinjection of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) or non-NMDA receptor antagonists or muscimol bilaterally into the LTF on the area under the curve of the computer-averaged sympathoexcitatory potential in the right inferior cardiac nerve elicited by short trains of stimuli applied to afferent fibers in the left inferior cardiac or left splanchnic nerve (CN, SN) of baroreceptor-denervated and vagotomized cats anesthetized with a mixture of diallylbarbiturate and urethane. In contrast to our hypothesis, sympathoexcitatory responses to stimulation of CN (n = 5-7) or SN (n = 4-7) afferent fibers were not significantly affected by these procedures. We then determined whether the rostral and caudal ventrolateral medulla (RVLM, CVLM) and nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) were involved in mediating these reflexes. Blockade of non-NMDA, but not NMDA, receptors in the RVLM significantly reduced the area under the curve of the sympathoexcitatory responses to electrical stimulation of either CN (P = 0.0110; n = 6) or SN (P = 0.0131; n = 5) afferent fibers. Neither blockade of excitatory amino acid receptors nor chemical inactivation of CVLM or NTS significantly affected the responses. These data show that activation of non-NMDA receptors in the RVLM is a critical step in mediating the sympatho-sympathetic reflex.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. barman@msu.edu
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Barman
authors.forename: Hakan S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Orer
mesh_terms: D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000294:innervation*; D002346:Carotid Sinus / Q000294:innervation / Q000601:surgery; D002415:Cats; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000008:administration & dosage; D058785:GABA-A Receptor Agonists / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008845:Microinjections; D011930:Reaction Time; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D012018:Reflex / Q000187:drug effects; D013153:Splanchnic Nerves / Q000502:physiology; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014628:Vagotomy
chemical_list: D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D058785:GABA-A Receptor Agonists; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
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