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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 270: R348-R355, 1996;
0363-6119/96 $5.00
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 270, Issue 2 348-R355, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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Medullary vasomotor activity and hypoxic sympathoexcitation in pentobarbital-anesthetized rats

M. K. Sun and D. J. Reis
Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York 10021, USA.mksun@mail.med.cornell.edu

In pentobarbital sodium-anesthetized, paralyzed, and ventilated rats, systemic hypoxia, produced by intratracheal N2 administration for 20 s, rapidly increased activities of reticulospinal vasomotor neurons in the rostroventolateral reticular nucleus (RVL) of the medulla oblongata (by 23.9 +/- 4.7 spikes/s) and sympathetic nerves (by 30.9 +/- 4.7 microV) and arterial pressure (by 35.6 +/- 6.4 mmHg). The sympathoexcitatory and pressor responses were abolished by bilateral microinjections of muscimol, a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)A-receptor agonist, (250 pmol per 50 nl/site) into the RVL. Chemical inhibition of RVL also reduced arterial pressure to 48.1 +/- 3.7 mmHg and eliminated sympathetic nerve activity. Intravenous infusion of L-phenylephrine and intrathecal administration of kainic acid restored arterial pressure to control level but not the rapid sympathoexcitatory responses to acute hypoxia. We conclude that, in pentobarbital-anesthetized rats, the sympathetic vasomotor tone and pressor responses to acute hypoxia depend on activity and excitation of RVL-spinal vasomotor neurons. The neural mechanisms responsible for the sympathetic tone and rapid pressor responses to hypoxia in these animals qualitatively differ neither from those anesthetized with urethan nor from the decerebrate unanesthetized animals.


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