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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 280: R1704-R1712, 2001;
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Vol. 280, Issue 6, R1704-R1712, June 2001

Sympathetic nerve and cardiovascular responses to chemical activation of the midbrain defense region

Peter D. Larsen, Sheng Zhong, Gerard L. Gebber, and Susan M. Barman

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

The changes in mean arterial pressure (MAP), renal (RBF) and femoral (FBF) blood flows, and inferior cardiac (CN) and vertebral nerve (VN) sympathetic nerve discharges (SND) produced by chemical activation (D,L-homocysteic acid) of the midbrain periaqueductal gray (PAG) were compared in baroreceptor-denervated and -innervated cats anesthetized with urethan. Defenselike cardiovascular responses in both states were similar in magnitude and consisted of increased MAP and FBF and decreased RBF; however, the nerve responses differed. In baroreceptor-denervated cats, PAG activation increased CN 10-Hz activity, decreased VN 10-Hz activity, and lengthened the CN-VN phase angle. In baroreceptor-innervated cats in which the rhythm in SND was cardiac related, PAG activation increased CN activity, but VN activity and the CN-VN phase angle were unchanged. These results demonstrate that chemical activation of PAG neurons induces differential patterns of sympathetic outflow generally consistent with accompanying defenselike cardiovascular responses. However, the mechanisms responsible for the changes in 10-Hz and cardiac-related SND appear to be different.

periaqueductal gray; regional blood flows; sympathetic nerve discharge


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