title: [Habenula participates the vasopressor response by stimulation of the insular cortex, central-, lateral amygdaloid nucleus respectively].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether if the Habenula is the main relay involved in the vasopressor effect induced by the stimulus of insular cortex, central-, lateral amygdaloid nucleus respectively.
  
  
  METHODS
  Electrostimulation of the nuclei mention above respectively, and microinjection of lidocaine into Habenula unilaterally and bilaterally.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When INS or CeA was stimulated, inducing an obvious increase of blood pressure. To stimulate INS or CeA after microinjecting lidocaine into Hb 5 minutes, the amplitudes of the vasopressor responses were decreased significantly, and the decrease of the bilaterally was larger (decreased value: 41.7% in INS, 46.1% in CeA) than that of unilaterally (decreased value: 36.9% in INS, 39.6% in CeA).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Habenula is one of the main relays involved in the vasopressor effects induced by the stimulus of insular cortex, central-, lateral amygdaloid nucleus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Jilin University Medical College, Changchun 130021, China.
authors.forename: Zheng-Yong
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Kou
authors.forename: Man-Song
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chun-Xiao
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000679:Amygdala / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D019262:Habenula / Q000502:physiology*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar