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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 255: R605-R615, 1988;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 255, Issue 4 605-R615, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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GABA-mediated inhibition of sympathoexcitatory neurons by midline medullary stimulation

R. B. McCall
Cardiovascular Diseases Research, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001.

The present investigation determined whether the effects of electrical stimulation of depressor sites in midline medullary raphe nuclei were a result of inhibition of sympathoexcitatory medullospinal neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of anesthetized cats. Electrical stimulation of the raphe inhibited inferior cardiac sympathetic activity. Microinjections of glutamate mimicked the effects of electrical stimulation. Electrical stimulation inhibited sympathoexcitatory neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla. The onset of the sympathoinhibition recorded from the inferior cardiac nerve (72 ms) was equal to the sum of the onset latency of the sympathoexcitatory response elicited from the rostral ventrolateral medulla (49 ms) plus the conduction time in the raphe to rostral ventrolateral sympathoinhibitory pathway (23 ms). Raphe stimulation excited a second set of neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla with an onset of 21 ms. Microiontophoretically applied bicuculline increased the discharge of sympathoexcitatory neurons and blocked the raphe-evoked inhibition. Iontophoretic glutamate excited sympathoexcitatory neurons but failed to antagonize raphe-elicited inhibition. These data suggest that neuronal elements in medullary raphe nuclei tonically inhibit sympathoexcitatory medullospinal neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla by activating closely adjacent gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) interneurons.


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