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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 260: R290-R297, 1991;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 260, Issue 2 290-R297, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Sympatholytic response to stimulation of superior laryngeal nerve in rats

D. H. Huangfu and P. G. Guyenet
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22908.

The central pathway mediating a sympatholytic response to stimulation of the superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) was studied in halothane-anesthetized, paralyzed rats. Single-pulse stimulation of SLN inhibited lumbar sympathetic nerve discharge (LSND) with onset latency of 113 +/- 1.7 ms. LSND inhibition was markedly attenuated by bilateral microinjection of kynurenic acid (Kyn, glutamate receptor antagonist, 4.5 nmol/side) into the caudal ventrolateral medulla (CVL) or by bilateral administration of bicuculline methiodide (Bic; gamma-aminobutyric acid-receptor antagonist, 225 pmol/side) into the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVL). In 13 of 14 cases, the baroreceptor reflex was also severely reduced. Injections of Bic or Kyn elsewhere in the medullary reticular formation were ineffective. Single-pulse stimulation of SLN inhibited 19 of 26 RVL reticulospinal barosensitive cells (onset latency 46 +/- 1.4 ms). This inhibition was attenuated (from 92 +/- 6 to 14 +/- 12%) by iontophoretic application of Bic (n = 7), which also reduced the cells' inhibitory response to aortic coarctation. The remaining seven barosensitive neurons were unaffected by SLN stimulation. In conclusion, the sympathetic baroreflex and the sympathoinhibitory response to SLN stimulation appear to be mediated by similar medullary pathways.


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