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Roy S, Lam MY, Panerai RB, Robinson TG, Minhas JS. Blood pressure variability at rest and during pressor challenges in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Blood Press Monit 2024; 29:232-241. [PMID: 38841869 DOI: 10.1097/mbp.0000000000000710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) have elevated blood pressure (BP) variability (BPV) and reduced baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) at rest for several days after initial stroke symptoms. We aimed to assess BPV and BRS in AIS patients during pressor challenge maneuvers in the acute and subacute phases of stroke. Pressor challenge maneuvers simulate day-to-day activities and can predict the quality of life. METHODS Continuous beat-to-beat BP and ECG in 15 AIS patients (mean age 69 ± 7.5 years) and 15 healthy controls (57 ± 16 years) were recorded at rest and during a 5-min rapid head positioning (RHP) paradigm. Patients were assessed within 24 h (acute phase) and 7 days (subacute phase) of stroke onset. Low frequency (LF) SBP power (measure of BPV), LF-α, and combined α-index (measure of BRS) were calculated from the recordings. RESULTS In the acute phase, at rest, LF-SBP power was higher ( P = 0.024) and α-index was lower ( P = 0.006) in AIS patients than in healthy controls. There was no change in LF-SBP during RHP in the patients but in healthy controls, it increased significantly ( P = 0.018). In the subacute phase, at rest, the alpha-index increased ( P = 0.037) and LF-SBP decreased ( P = 0.029) significantly in the AIS patients, however, there was still no rise in the LF-SBP power during RHP ( P = 0.240). CONCLUSION AIS patients have a high resting BPV. High resting BPV may be responsible for blunted BPV responses during pressor challenge maneuvers such as RHP, suggesting ongoing autonomic dysfunction and compromised quality of life.
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- Sankanika Roy
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
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Baumer-Harrison C, Patel S, Scott KA, Krause EG, de Kloet AD. Optical perturbation of Agtr1a-containing neurons and afferents within the caudal nucleus of the solitary tract modulates sodium intake. Physiol Behav 2024; 284:114624. [PMID: 38959991 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2024.114624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Revised: 06/30/2024] [Accepted: 06/30/2024] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
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Angiotensin-II (Ang-II) production is driven by deviations in blood volume and osmolality, and serves the role of regulating blood pressure and fluid intake to maintain cardiovascular and hydromineral homeostasis. These actions are mediated by Ang-II acting on its type 1a receptor (AT1aR) within the central nervous system and periphery. Of relevance, AT1aR are expressed on sensory afferents responsible for conveying cardiovascular information to the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS). We have previously determined that optical excitation of neurons and vagal afferents within the NTS that express AT1aR (referred to as NTSAT1aR) mimics the perception of increased vascular stretch and induces compensatory responses to restore blood pressure. Here, we test whether NTSAT1aR are also involved in the modulation of water and sodium intake. We directed the light-sensitive excitatory channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) or inhibitory halorhodopsin (Halo) to Agtr1a-containing neurons and measured water and sodium chloride (NaCl) intake in the presence and absence of optical stimulation within the NTS during various challenges to fluid homeostasis. Optical perturbation of NTSAT1aR modulates NaCl intake, such that excitation attenuates, whereas inhibition increases intake. This effect is only observed in the water-deprived condition, suggesting that NTSAT1aR are involved in the regulation of sodium intake during an imbalance in both the intracellular and extracellular fluid compartments. Furthermore, optical excitation of NTSAT1aR increases c-Fos expression within oxytocinergic neurons of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN), indicating that the regulation of sodium intake by NTSAT1aR may be mediated by oxytocin. Collectively, these results reveal that NTSAT1aR are sufficient and necessary to modulate sodium intake relative to perceived changes in vascular stretch.
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- Caitlin Baumer-Harrison
- Department of Physiology and Aging, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, United States; Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, United States; Center for Smell and Taste, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States.
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- Department of Physiology and Aging, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, United States
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- Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, United States; Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, 32611, United States; Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30302, United States
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- Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, United States; Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, 32611, United States; Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30302, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Aging, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, United States; Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, United States; Center for Smell and Taste, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, United States; Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30302, United States
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Bernardes-Ribeiro M, Patrone LGA, Cristina-Silva C, Bícego KC, Gargaglioni LH. Exercise derived myokine irisin as mediator of cardiorespiratory, metabolic and thermal adjustments during central and peripheral chemoreflex activation. Sci Rep 2024; 14:12262. [PMID: 38806563 PMCID: PMC11133352 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-62650-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024] Open
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Exercise elicits physiological adaptations, including hyperpnea. However, the mechanisms underlying exercise-induced hyperpnea remain unresolved. Skeletal muscle acts as a secretory organ, releasing irisin (IR) during exercise. Irisin can cross the blood-brain barrier, influencing muscle and tissue metabolism, as well as signaling in the central nervous system (CNS). We evaluated the effect of intracerebroventricular or intraperitoneal injection of IR in adult male rats on the cardiorespiratory and metabolic function during sleep-wake cycle under room air, hypercapnia and hypoxia. Central IR injection caused an inhibition on ventilation (VE) during wakefulness under normoxia, while peripheral IR reduced VE during sleep. Additionally, central IR exacerbates hypercapnic hyperventilation by increasing VE and reducing oxygen consumption. As to cardiovascular regulation, central IR caused an increase in heart rate (HR) across all conditions, while no change was observed following peripheral administration. Finally, central IR attenuated the hypoxia-induced regulated hypothermia and increase sleep episodes, while peripheral IR augmented CO2-induced hypothermia, during wakefulness. Overall, our results suggest that IR act mostly on CNS exerting an inhibitory effect on breathing under resting conditions, while stimulating the hypercapnic ventilatory response and increasing HR. Therefore, IR seems not to be responsible for the exercise-induced hyperpnea, but contributes to the increase in HR.
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- Mariana Bernardes-Ribeiro
- Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP/FCAV), Via de Acesso Paulo Donato Castellane s/n, Jaboticabal, SP, 14870-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP/FCAV), Via de Acesso Paulo Donato Castellane s/n, Jaboticabal, SP, 14870-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP/FCAV), Via de Acesso Paulo Donato Castellane s/n, Jaboticabal, SP, 14870-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP/FCAV), Via de Acesso Paulo Donato Castellane s/n, Jaboticabal, SP, 14870-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP/FCAV), Via de Acesso Paulo Donato Castellane s/n, Jaboticabal, SP, 14870-000, Brazil.
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Jáuregui EJ, Scheinman KL, Bibriesca Mejia IK, Pruett L, Zaini H, Finkbeiner C, Phillips JA, Gantz JA, Nguyen TB, Phillips JO, Stone JS. Sensorineural correlates of failed functional recovery after natural regeneration of vestibular hair cells in adult mice. Front Neurol 2024; 15:1322647. [PMID: 38523617 PMCID: PMC10960365 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1322647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024] Open
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Vestibular hair cells (HCs) are mechanoreceptors that sense head motions by modulating the firing rate of vestibular ganglion neurons (VGNs), whose central processes project to vestibular nucleus neurons (VNNs) and cerebellar neurons. We explored vestibular function after HC destruction in adult Pou4f3+/DTR (DTR) mice, in which injections of high-dose (50 ng/g) diphtheria toxin (DT) destroyed most vestibular HCs within 2 weeks. At that time, DTR mice had lost the horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex (aVORH), and their VNNs failed to upregulate nuclear cFos expression in response to a vestibular stimulus (centrifugation). Five months later, 21 and 14% of HCs were regenerated in utricles and horizontal ampullae, respectively. The vast majority of HCs present were type II. This degree of HC regeneration did not restore the aVORH or centrifugation-evoked cFos expression in VNNs. The failure to regain vestibular pathway function was not due to degeneration of VGNs or VNNs because normal neuron numbers were maintained after HC destruction. Furthermore, sinusoidal galvanic stimulation at the mastoid process evoked cFos protein expression in VNNs, indicating that VGNs were able to regulate VNN activity after HC loss. aVORH and cFos responses in VNNs were robust after low-dose (25 ng/g) DT, which compared to high-dose DT resulted in a similar degree of type II HC death and regeneration but spared more type I HCs in both organs. These findings demonstrate that having more type I HCs is correlated with stronger responses to vestibular stimulation and suggest that regenerating type I HCs may improve vestibular function after HC loss.
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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Zhu Y, Sun H, Wang H, Li N. Synaptic mechanisms underlying the elevated sympathetic outflow in fructose-induced hypertension. Front Physiol 2024; 15:1365594. [PMID: 38505704 PMCID: PMC10949223 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1365594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024] Open
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Metabolic syndrome is associated with cardiovascular dysfunction, including elevated sympathetic outflow. However, the underlying brain mechanisms are unclear. The nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) critically regulates autonomic reflexes related to cardiovascular function and contains neurons projecting to the caudal ventrolateral medulla (CVLM). Nitric oxide (NO) is a diffusible free-radical messenger in the vascular, immune, and nervous systems. In this study, we determine if NO in the NTS is involved in the synaptic plasticity underlying the elevated sympathetic outflow in fructose-induced hypertension. We retrogradely labeled CVLM-projecting NTS neurons through the injection of FluoSpheres into the CVLM in a fructose-fed rat model to determine the cellular mechanism involved in increased sympathetic outflow. Fructose feeding increased the blood pressure and glucose levels, which represent metabolic syndrome. We found that fructose feeding reduces the NO precursor L-arginine-induced increase in the firing activity of CVLM-projecting NTS neurons. Furthermore, fructose feeding reduces the L-arginine-induced increase in presynaptic spontaneous glutamatergic synaptic inputs to NTS neurons, while NO donor DEA/NO produces an increase in glutamatergic synaptic inputs in fructose-fed rats similar to that in vehicle-treated rats. In addition, fructose feeding reduces the NO-induced depressor response and sympathoinhibition. These data suggested that fructose feeding reduced NO production and, thus, the subsequent NO-induced glutamate releases in the NTS and depressor response. The findings of this study provide new insights into the central mechanisms involved in the neural control of cardiovascular and autonomic functions in the NTS in metabolic syndrome.
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- Yun Zhu
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University, Baoding, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, China
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Zsombok A, Desmoulins LD, Derbenev AV. Sympathetic circuits regulating hepatic glucose metabolism: where we stand. Physiol Rev 2024; 104:85-101. [PMID: 37440208 PMCID: PMC11281813 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00005.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023] Open
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The prevalence of metabolic disorders, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, continues to increase worldwide. Although newer and more advanced therapies are available, current treatments are still inadequate and the search for solutions remains. The regulation of energy homeostasis, including glucose metabolism, involves an exchange of information between the nervous systems and peripheral organs and tissues; therefore, developing treatments to alter central and/or peripheral neural pathways could be an alternative solution to modulate whole body metabolism. Liver glucose production and storage are major mechanisms controlling glycemia, and the autonomic nervous system plays an important role in the regulation of hepatic functions. Autonomic nervous system imbalance contributes to excessive hepatic glucose production and thus to the development and progression of type 2 diabetes mellitus. At cellular levels, change in neuronal activity is one of the underlying mechanisms of autonomic imbalance; therefore, modulation of the excitability of neurons involved in autonomic outflow governance has the potential to improve glycemic status. Tissue-specific subsets of preautonomic neurons differentially control autonomic outflow; therefore, detailed information about neural circuits and properties of liver-related neurons is necessary for the development of strategies to regulate liver functions via the autonomic nerves. This review provides an overview of our current understanding of the hypothalamus-ventral brainstem-liver pathway involved in the sympathetic regulation of the liver, outlines strategies to identify organ-related neurons, and summarizes neuronal plasticity during diabetic conditions with a particular focus on liver-related neurons in the paraventricular nucleus.
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- Andrea Zsombok
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Engelen T, Solcà M, Tallon-Baudry C. Interoceptive rhythms in the brain. Nat Neurosci 2023; 26:1670-1684. [PMID: 37697110 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-023-01425-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
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Sensing internal bodily signals, or interoception, is fundamental to maintain life. However, interoception should not be viewed as an isolated domain, as it interacts with exteroception, cognition and action to ensure the integrity of the organism. Focusing on cardiac, respiratory and gastric rhythms, we review evidence that interoception is anatomically and functionally intertwined with the processing of signals from the external environment. Interactions arise at all stages, from the peripheral transduction of interoceptive signals to sensory processing and cortical integration, in a network that extends beyond core interoceptive regions. Interoceptive rhythms contribute to functions ranging from perceptual detection up to sense of self, or conversely compete with external inputs. Renewed interest in interoception revives long-standing issues on how the brain integrates and coordinates information in distributed regions, by means of oscillatory synchrony, predictive coding or multisensory integration. Considering interoception and exteroception in the same framework paves the way for biological modes of information processing specific to living organisms.
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- Tahnée Engelen
- Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience Laboratory, Inserm, Ecole Normale Supérieure PSL University, Paris, France
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- Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience Laboratory, Inserm, Ecole Normale Supérieure PSL University, Paris, France
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- Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience Laboratory, Inserm, Ecole Normale Supérieure PSL University, Paris, France.
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Kishi T. Clarification of hypertension mechanisms provided by the research of central circulatory regulation. Hypertens Res 2023; 46:1908-1916. [PMID: 37277436 DOI: 10.1038/s41440-023-01335-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Sympathoexcitation, under the regulatory control of the brain, plays a pivotal role in the etiology of hypertension. Within the brainstem, significant structures involved in the modulation of sympathetic nerve activity include the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM), caudal ventrolateral medulla (CVLM), nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), and paraventricular nucleus (paraventricular). The RVLM, in particular, is recognized as the vasomotor center. Over the past five decades, fundamental investigations on central circulatory regulation have underscored the involvement of nitric oxide (NO), oxidative stress, the renin-angiotensin system, and brain inflammation in regulating the sympathetic nervous system. Notably, numerous significant findings have come to light through chronic experiments conducted in conscious subjects employing radio-telemetry systems, gene transfer techniques, and knockout methodologies. Our research has centered on elucidating the role of NO and angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor-induced oxidative stress within the RVLM and NTS in regulating the sympathetic nervous system. Additionally, we have observed that various orally administered AT1 receptor blockers effectively induce sympathoinhibition by reducing oxidative stress via blockade of the AT1 receptor in the RVLM of hypertensive rats. Recent advances have witnessed the development of several clinical interventions targeting brain mechanisms. Nonetheless, Future and further basic and clinical research are needed.
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- Takuya Kishi
- Department of Graduate School of Medicine (Cardiology), International University of Health and Welfare, Okawa, Japan.
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Reyes Del Paso GA, Montoro CI, Jennings JR, Duschek S. Experimental carotid baroreceptor stimulation reduces blood flow velocities in the anterior and middle cerebral arteries of healthy individuals. J Physiol Sci 2023; 73:13. [PMID: 37312034 DOI: 10.1186/s12576-023-00871-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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This study investigated effects of experimental baroreceptor stimulation on bilateral blood flow velocities in the anterior and middle cerebral arteries (ACA and MCA) using functional transcranial Doppler sonography. Carotid baroreceptors were stimulated by neck suction in 33 healthy participants. Therefore, negative pressure (- 50 mmHg) was applied; neck pressure (+ 10 mmHg) was used as a control condition. Heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) were also continuously recorded. Neck suction led to reductions in bilateral ACA and MCA blood flow velocities, which accompanied the expected HR and BP decreases; HR and BP decreases correlated positively with the ACA flow velocity decline. The observations suggest reduction of blood flow in the perfusion territories of the ACA and MCA during baroreceptor stimulation. Baroreceptor-related HR and BP decreases may contribute to the cerebral blood flow decline. The findings underline the interaction between peripheral and cerebral hemodynamic regulation in autoregulatory control of cerebral perfusion.
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
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- UMIT TIROL - University for Health Sciences and Technology, Hall in Tirol, Austria
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Yao Y, Barger Z, Saffari Doost M, Tso CF, Darmohray D, Silverman D, Liu D, Ma C, Cetin A, Yao S, Zeng H, Dan Y. Cardiovascular baroreflex circuit moonlights in sleep control. Neuron 2022; 110:3986-3999.e6. [PMID: 36170850 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 07/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Sleep disturbances are strongly associated with cardiovascular diseases. Baroreflex, a basic cardiovascular regulation mechanism, is modulated by sleep-wake states. Here, we show that neurons at key stages of baroreflex pathways also promote sleep. Using activity-dependent genetic labeling, we tagged neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract (NST) activated by blood pressure elevation and confirmed their barosensitivity with optrode recording and calcium imaging. Chemogenetic or optogenetic activation of these neurons promoted non-REM sleep in addition to decreasing blood pressure and heart rate. GABAergic neurons in the caudal ventrolateral medulla (CVLM)-a downstream target of the NST for vasomotor baroreflex-also promote non-REM sleep, partly by inhibiting the sympathoexcitatory and wake-promoting adrenergic neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM). Cholinergic neurons in the nucleus ambiguous-a target of the NST for cardiac baroreflex-promoted non-REM sleep as well. Thus, key components of the cardiovascular baroreflex circuit are also integral to sleep-wake brain-state regulation.
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- Yuanyuan Yao
- Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Baroreflex sensitivity derived from the Valsalva manoeuvre: A physiological protective factor for anxiety induced by breathing CO 2-enriched air. Int J Psychophysiol 2022; 179:101-109. [PMID: 35809687 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2022.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This study aimed to determine the capacity of baroreflex sensitivity, derived from the Valsalva manoeuvre (BRS_v), to predict state anxiety induced by a biological stressor (CO2 inhalation). Healthy adults (n = 50) breathed 7.5 % CO2-enriched air for 8 min, preceded and followed by breathing medical air for 5 min. State anxiety was evaluated with a visual analogue scale. Anxiety sensitivity (Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3; ASI-3) and trait anxiety (Trait form of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; STAI_T) served as cognitive-affective predictors. BRS_v was adopted as a physiological predictor. Multiple regression analysis revealed that BRS_v predicted lower anxiety during CO2 exposure, and attenuated the effect of ASI-3 in increasing anxiety. No significant effects were found for STAI_T. This is the first study to identify baroreflex sensitivity as a strong protective physiological factor for anxiety beyond the effect of anxiety sensitivity.
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Sesa-Ashton G, Wong R, McCarthy B, Datta S, Henderson LA, Dawood T, Macefield VG. Stimulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex modulates muscle sympathetic nerve activity and blood pressure in humans. Cereb Cortex Commun 2022; 3:tgac017. [PMID: 35559424 PMCID: PMC9086585 DOI: 10.1093/texcom/tgac017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction Muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) controls the diameter of arterioles in skeletalmuscle, contributing importantly to the beat-to-beat regulation of blood pressure (BP). Although brain imaging studies have shown that bursts of MSNA originate in the rostral ventrolateral medulla, other subcortical and cortical structures-including the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC)-contribute. Hypothesis We tested the hypothesis that MSNA and BP could be modulated by stimulating the dlPFC. Method dlPFC. In 22 individuals MSNA was recorded via microelectrodes inserted into the common peroneal nerve, together with continuous BP, electrocardiographic, and respiration.Stimulation of the right (n=22) or left dlPFC (n=10) was achieved using transcranial alternating current (tcACS; +2 to -2mA, 0.08 Hz,100 cycles), applied between the nasion and electrodes over the F3 or F4 EEG sites on the scalp. Results Sinusoidal stimulation of either dlPFC caused cyclicmodulation of MSNA, BP and heart rate, and a significant increase in BP. Conclusion We have shown, for the first time, that tcACS of the dlPFC in awake humans causes partial entrainment of MSNA, heart rate and BP, arguing for an important role of this higher-level cortical area in the control of cardiovascular function.
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- Gianni Sesa-Ashton
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Human Autonomic Neurophysiology, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Human Autonomic Neurophysiology, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
- Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Human Autonomic Neurophysiology, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
- Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Human Autonomic Neurophysiology, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
- Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences (Neuroscience), Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Human Autonomic Neurophysiology, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
- Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Human Autonomic Neurophysiology, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
- Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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Tumanova TS, Кokurina TN, Rybakova GI, Aleksandrov VG. Dexamethasone attenuates the modulatory effect of the insular cortex on the baroreflex in anesthetized rat. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2021; 100:334-340. [PMID: 34644509 DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2021-0385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The arterial baroreflex (BR) is an important neural mechanism for the stabilization of arterial pressure (AP). It is known that the insular cortex (IC) and other parts of the central autonomic network (CAN) are able to modulate the BR arc, altering baroreflex sensitivity (BRS). In addition, the sensitivity of the BR changes under the influence of hormones, in particular glucocorticoids (GC). It has been suggested that GC may influence BRS by altering the ability of the IC to modulate the BR. This hypothesis has been tested in experiments on rats anesthetized with urethane. It was found that microelectrostimulation of the visceral area in the left IC causes a short-term drop in AP, which is accompanied by bradycardia, and impairs BRS. The synthetic GC dexamethasone (DEX) did not significantly affect the magnitude of depressor responses but increased BRS and impaired the effect of IC stimulation on the BR. The results obtained confirm the hypothesis put forward and suggest that GC can attenuate the inhibitory effects of the IC on the BR arc, thereby enhancing the sensitivity of the BR.
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- Tatiana Sergeevna Tumanova
- Pavlov Institute of Physiology RAS, 68594, Sankt Peterburg, Russian Federation.,Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, 104720, Biology, Sankt-Peterburg, Russian Federation;
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- Pavlov Institute of Physiology RAS, 68594, 6, nab. Makarova, Sankt Peterburg, Russian Federation, 199034;
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Řezáčová L, Vaněčková I, Hojná S, Vavřínová A, Valovič P, Rauchová H, Behuliak M, Zicha J. Both central sympathoexcitation and peripheral angiotensin II-dependent vasoconstriction contribute to hypertension development in immature heterozygous Ren-2 transgenic rats. Hypertens Res 2021; 45:414-423. [PMID: 34621032 DOI: 10.1038/s41440-021-00775-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Recently, we demonstrated that chronic blockade of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) lowered the blood pressure (BP) of adult Ren-2 transgenic rats (TGR) mainly through the attenuation of central sympathoexcitation. However, the participation of central and peripheral mechanisms in the development of high BP in immature TGR remains unclear. In the present study, 6-week-old heterozygous TGR males were chronically treated with intracerebroventricular (ICV) or intraperitoneal (IP) infusions of the AT1 receptor inhibitor losartan (1 or 2 mg/kg/day) for 4 weeks. The influence of these treatments on sympathetic- and angiotensin II-dependent BP components (BP response to pentolinium or captopril, respectively) as well as on BP response to exogenous angiotensin II were determined to evaluate the participation of central and peripheral RAS in hypertension development. Chronic IP losartan administration (1 or 2 mg/kg/day) lowered the BP of immature TGR by reducing both sympathetic and angiotensin II-dependent BP components. The central action of IP-administered losartan was indicated by a reduced BP response to acute ICV angiotensin II injection. Chronic ICV administration of a lower losartan dose (1 mg/kg/day) reduced only the sympathetic BP component, whereas a higher ICV administered dose (2 mg/kg/day) was required to influence the angiotensin II-dependent BP component. Accordingly, chronic ICV losartan administration of 2 mg/kg/day (but not 1 mg/kg/day) attenuated the BP response to acute intravenous angiotensin II application. In conclusion, central sympathoexcitation seems to play an important role in hypertension development in immature TGR. Central sympathoexcitation is highly susceptible to inhibition by low doses of RAS-blocking agents, whereas higher doses also affect peripheral angiotensin II-dependent vasoconstriction.
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- Lenka Řezáčová
- Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Sayegh ALC, Janzen A, Strzedulla I, Birklein F, Lautenschläger G, Oertel WH, Krämer HH, Best C. Increased muscle sympathetic nerve activity and impaired baroreflex control in isolated REM-sleep behavior disorder. Clin Neurophysiol 2021; 132:1537-1542. [PMID: 34023631 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2021.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Changes in baroreflex sensitivity have been reported in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). We sought to investigate the hypothesis that patients with isolated rapid eye movement (REM)-sleep behavior disorder (iRBD), known to be a prodromal stage for PD, will show abnormalities in baroreflex control. METHODS Ten iRBD patients were compared to 10 sex- and age-matched healthy controls. Their cardiovascular parameters and muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) were evaluated at rest and during baroreflex stimulation. RESULTS MSNA at rest was higher in iRBD patients (burst frequency [BF]: 44 ± 3 bursts/min; burst incidence [BI]: 60 ± 8 bursts/100 heartbeats) as compared to the controls (BF: 29 ± 3 bursts/min, p < 0.001; BI: 43 ± 9 bursts/100 heartbeats, p < 0.001). During baroreflex stimulation, iRBD patients showed increased absolute values of MSNA (BF: F = 62.728; p < 0.001; BI: F = 16.277; p < 0.001) as compared to the controls. The iRBD patients had decreased diastolic blood pressure at baseline and during lower body negative pressure, but the level of significance was not met. CONCLUSION Our study shows increased MSNA and impaired baroreflex control in iRBD patients. We propose that the inhibitory effect of locus coeruleus on baroreflex function might be impaired, leading to the disinhibition of sympathetic outflow. SIGNIFICANCE These findings might reflect the destruction of brain areas due to the ascending P-α-synuclein deposits in iRBD patients.
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- Ana Luiza C Sayegh
- Department of Neurology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany; Department of Physiology, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Neurology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center, Johannes-Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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Hamasaki T, Yamakawa T, Fujiwara K, Harashima H, Nakamura K, Ikuta Y, Yamamoto T, Hasegawa Y, Takezaki T, Mukasa A. Sympathetic hyperactivity, hypertension, and tachycardia induced by stimulation of the ponto-medullary junction in humans. Clin Neurophysiol 2021; 132:1264-1273. [PMID: 33867252 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2021.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to investigate changes in autonomic activities and systemic circulation generated by surgical manipulation or electrical stimulation to the human brain stem. METHODS We constructed a system that simultaneously recorded microsurgical field videos and heart rate variability (HRV) that represent autonomic activities. In 20 brain stem surgeries recorded, HRV features and sites of surgical manipulation were analyzed in 19 hypertensive epochs, defined as the periods with transient increases in the blood pressure. We analyzed the period during electrical stimulation to the ponto-medullary junction, performed for the purpose of monitoring a cranial nerve function. RESULTS In the hypertensive epoch, HRV analysis showed that sympathetic activity predominated over the parasympathetic activity. The hypertensive epoch was more associated with surgical manipulation of the area in the caudal pons or the rostral medulla oblongata compared to controls. During the period of electrical stimulation, there were significant increases in blood pressures and heart rates, accompanied by sympathetic overdrive. CONCLUSIONS Our results provide physiological evidence that there is an important autonomic center located adjacent to the ponto-medullary junction. SIGNIFICANCE A large study would reveal a candidate target of neuromodulation for disorders with autonomic imbalances such as drug-resistant hypertension.
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- Tadashi Hamasaki
- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
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- Priority Organization for Innovation and Excellence, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-0862, Japan
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- Department of Material Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
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- Priority Organization for Innovation and Excellence, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-0862, Japan
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- Priority Organization for Innovation and Excellence, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-0862, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Kumamoto University Hospital, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Kumamoto University Hospital, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Sciences at Fukuoka, International University of Health and Welfare, 1-7-4 Momochihama, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka 814-0001, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kumamoto University Hospital, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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Suarez-Roca H, Mamoun N, Sigurdson MI, Maixner W. Baroreceptor Modulation of the Cardiovascular System, Pain, Consciousness, and Cognition. Compr Physiol 2021; 11:1373-1423. [PMID: 33577130 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c190038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Baroreceptors are mechanosensitive elements of the peripheral nervous system that maintain cardiovascular homeostasis by coordinating the responses to external and internal environmental stressors. While it is well known that carotid and cardiopulmonary baroreceptors modulate sympathetic vasomotor and parasympathetic cardiac neural autonomic drive, to avoid excessive fluctuations in vascular tone and maintain intravascular volume, there is increasing recognition that baroreceptors also modulate a wide range of non-cardiovascular physiological responses via projections from the nucleus of the solitary tract to regions of the central nervous system, including the spinal cord. These projections regulate pain perception, sleep, consciousness, and cognition. In this article, we summarize the physiology of baroreceptor pathways and responses to baroreceptor activation with an emphasis on the mechanisms influencing cardiovascular function, pain perception, consciousness, and cognition. Understanding baroreceptor-mediated effects on cardiac and extra-cardiac autonomic activities will further our understanding of the pathophysiology of multiple common clinical conditions, such as chronic pain, disorders of consciousness (e.g., abnormalities in sleep-wake), and cognitive impairment, which may result in the identification and implementation of novel treatment modalities. © 2021 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 11:1373-1423, 2021.
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- Heberto Suarez-Roca
- Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Translational Pain Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Landspitali, University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Translational Pain Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Air pollutants pose a serious worldwide health hazard, causing respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Pollutants perturb the autonomic nervous system, whose function is critical to cardiopulmonary homeostasis. Recent studies suggest that pollutants can stimulate defensive sensory nerves within the cardiopulmonary system, thus providing a possible mechanism for pollutant-induced autonomic dysfunction. A better understanding of the mechanisms involved would likely improve the management and treatment of pollution-related disease.
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- Thomas E Taylor-Clark
- Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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Liu Y, Shen W, Chen Q, Cao Q, Di W, Lan R, Chen Z, Bai J, Han Z, Xu W. Inhibition of RAGE by FPS-ZM1 alleviates renal injury in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Eur J Pharmacol 2020; 882:173228. [PMID: 32502492 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The current study was designed to examine the protection of RAGE-specific inhibitor FPS-ZM1 against renal injury in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and investigate the underlying mechanism. The adult male SHR were treated with FPS-ZM1 via oral gavages for 12 weeks, and age-matched male Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) were used as control. Treatment of SHR with FPS-ZM1 slightly reduced blood pressure, and significantly improved baroreflex sensitivity in SHR. Treatment of SHR with FPS-ZM1 improved renal function, evidenced by increased glomerular filtration rate and renal blood flow, and reduced plasma creatinine, blood urea nitrogen and urine albumin excretion rate. Histology results revealed that treatment of SHR with FPS-ZM1 alleviated renal injury and reduced tubulointerstitial fibrosis. Treatment of SHR with FPS-ZM1 suppressed activation of NF-κB and reduced expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines including Tnf, Il6, and Il1b. Treatment of SHR with FPS-ZM1 abated oxidative stress and downregulated mRNA levels of components of NADPH oxidase (Nox) including Cyba, Nox1, Nox2, Nox4 and Ncf1 in kidneys. In addition, treatment of SHR with FPS-ZM1 reduced renal AngII levels, downregulated mRNA expression of Ace and upregulated expression of Agtr2. In conclusion, treatment with FPS-ZM1 alleviated hypertension-related renal dysfunction, possibly by suppressing NF-κB-mediated inflammation, abating Nox-mediated oxidative stress, and improving local renal renin-angiotensin system (RAS).
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- Yu Liu
- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing, Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing, Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Biomedical Research Center, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Huadong Medical Institute of Biotechniques, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing, Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing, Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing, Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing, Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing, Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Nanjing, Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China.
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Microinjection of urotensin II into the rostral ventrolateral medulla increases sympathetic vasomotor tone via the GPR14/ERK pathway in rats. Hypertens Res 2020; 43:765-771. [PMID: 32385485 DOI: 10.1038/s41440-020-0460-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The present study aimed to reveal the effects of urotensin II (UII) on sympathetic vasomotor tone in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM). UII (0.3, 3, and 30 nmol/L, 50 nL) was microinjected into the RVLM. Blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), and renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) were measured to determine the sympathetic vasomotor tone. BP, HR, and RSNA were simultaneously recorded after drugs had been microinjected into the RVLM. Microinjection of UII (0.3, 3, and 30 nmol/L, 50 nL) into the RVLM significantly increased BP, HR, and RSNA. Pretreatment with BIM23127 (300 nmol/L, 50 nL), a potent antagonist of the UII receptor GPR14, abolished the effect of UII. Previous microinjection of PD98059 (25 μmol/L, 50 nL), an inhibitor of ERK, significantly suppressed the effects of UII. Preinjection of an inhibitor of the N-type Ca2+ channel, ω-conotoxin GVIA (50 nmol/L, 50 nL), inhibited the effects of UII. The present study demonstrated that microinjection of UII into the RVLM significantly increased sympathetic vasomotor tone, which was mediated by the GPR14/ERK/N-type Ca2+ channel pathway. UII may become a novel therapeutic target for autonomic nervous system regulation, especially in hypertension.
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Mueller PJ, Fyk-Kolodziej BE, Azar TA, Llewellyn-Smith IJ. Subregional differences in GABA A receptor subunit expression in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of sedentary versus physically active rats. J Comp Neurol 2020; 528:1053-1075. [PMID: 31642070 PMCID: PMC7046220 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) regulate blood pressure through direct projections to spinal sympathetic preganglionic neurons. Only some RVLM neurons are active under resting conditions due to significant, tonic inhibition by gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Withdrawal of GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition of the RVLM increases sympathetic outflow and blood pressure substantially, providing a mechanism by which the RVLM could contribute chronically to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Here, we tested the hypothesis that sedentary conditions, a major risk factor for CVD, increase GABAA receptors in RVLM, including its rostral extension (RVLMRE ), both of which contain bulbospinal catecholamine (C1) and non-C1 neurons. We examined GABAA receptor subunits GABAAα1 and GABAAα2 in the RVLM/RVLMRE of sedentary or physically active (10-12 weeks of wheel running) rats. Western blot analyses indicated that sedentary rats had lower expression of GABAAα1 and GABAAα2 subunits in RVLM but only GABAAα2 was lower in the RVLMRE of sedentary rats. Sedentary rats had significantly reduced expression of the chloride transporter, KCC2, suggesting less effective GABA-mediated inhibition compared to active rats. Retrograde tracing plus triple-label immunofluorescence identified fewer bulbospinal non-C1 neurons immunoreactive for GABAAα1 but a higher percentage of bulbospinal C1 neurons immunoreactive for GABAAα1 in sedentary animals. Sedentary conditions did not significantly affect the number of bulbospinal C1 or non-C1 neurons immunoreactive for GABAAα2 . These results suggest a complex interplay between GABAA receptor expression by spinally projecting C1 and non-C1 neurons and sedentary versus physically active conditions. They also provide plausible mechanisms for both enhanced sympathoexcitatory and sympathoinhibitory responses following sedentary conditions.
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- Patrick J. Mueller
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of
Medicine, Detroit MI
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of
Medicine, Detroit MI
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of
Medicine, Detroit MI
- Cardiovascular Medicine, Human Physiology and Centre for
Neuroscience, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford
Park SA, AUSTRALIA
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Differences in regional grey matter volume of the brain are related to mean blood pressure and muscle sympathetic nerve activity in normotensive humans. J Hypertens 2020; 38:303-313. [DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000002243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Macefield VG, Henderson LA. Identifying Increases in Activity of the Human RVLM Through MSNA-Coupled fMRI. Front Neurosci 2020; 13:1369. [PMID: 32038124 PMCID: PMC6985468 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.01369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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AIM We initially developed concurrent recording of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the brain to functionally identify the human homolog of the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM). Here we summarize the cortical and subcortical connections to the RVLM, as identified using MSNA-coupled fMRI. METHODS MSNA was recorded via tungsten microelectrodes inserted into the peroneal nerve. Gradient echo, echo-planar fMRI was performed at 3T (Philips Achieva). 200 volumes (46 axial slices (TR = 8 s, TE = 4 s, flip angle = 90°, raw voxel size = 1.5 × 1.5 × 2.75 mm) were collected in a 4 s-ON, 4 s-OFF sparse sampling protocol and MSNA measured in each 1 s epoch in the 4-s period between scans. Blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) signal intensity was measured in the corresponding 1 s epoch 4 s later to account for peripheral neural conduction and central neurovascular coupling delays. RESULTS BOLD signal intensity was positively related to bursts of MSNA in the RVLM, dorsomedial hypothalamus (DMH), ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH), insula, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC), posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), and precuneus, and negatively related in the caudal ventrolateral medulla (CVLM), nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), and the midbrain periaqueductal gray (PAG). During physiological increases in MSNA (tonic muscle pain), MSNA-coupled BOLD signal intensity was greater in RVLM, NTS, PAG, DMH, dlPFC, medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), precuneus, and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) than at rest. During pathophysiological increases in MSNA [obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)] signal intensity was also higher in dlPFC, mPFC, ACC, and precuneus than in controls. Conversely, signal intensity was lower in RVLM in OSA than in controls, which we interpret as reflecting a withdrawal of active inhibition of the RVLM. CONCLUSION These results suggest that multiple cortical and subcortical areas are functionally coupled to the RVLM, which in turn is functionally coupled to the generation of spontaneous bursts of MSNA and their augmentation during physiological and pathophysiological increase in vasoconstrictor drive.
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- Vaughan G. Macefield
- Human Autonomic Neurophysiology Laboratory, School of Medicine, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Discipline of Anatomy and Histology, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Kobuch S, Macefield VG, Henderson LA. Resting regional brain activity and connectivity vary with resting blood pressure but not muscle sympathetic nerve activity in normotensive humans: An exploratory study. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2019; 39:2433-2444. [PMID: 30182800 PMCID: PMC6893974 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x18798442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Blood pressure is tightly controlled by the central nervous system, particularly the brainstem. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between mean blood pressure (MBP), muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and resting regional brain activity in healthy human subjects. Pseudocontinuous arterial spin labeling and functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain were performed immediately following a laboratory microneurography recording of MSNA and BP measurement in 31 young, healthy normotensive subjects. Regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) correlated significantly with resting MBP levels in the region encompassing the rostroventrolateral medulla (RVLM), dorsolateral pons, and insular, prefrontal and cingulate cortices. Functional connectivity analysis revealed that the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex displayed greater resting connectivity strength within the RVLM in the lower compared with the higher MBP group. No significant differences in CBF were found when subjects were divided based on their MSNA levels. These results suggest that even subtle differences in resting MBP are associated with significant differences in resting activity in brain regions, which are well known to play a role in cardiovascular function. These data raise the question of the potential long-term consequences of differences in regional brain activity levels and their relationship with systemic blood pressure.
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- Sophie Kobuch
- School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.,Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia.,Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Sarafis ZK, Monga AK, Phillips AA, Krassioukov AV. Is Technology for Orthostatic Hypotension Ready for Primetime? PM R 2019; 10:S249-S263. [PMID: 30269810 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2018.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 04/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Spinal cord injury (SCI) often results in the devastating loss of motor, sensory, and autonomic function. After SCI, the interruption of descending sympathoexcitatory pathways disrupts supraspinal control of blood pressure (BP). A common clinical consequence of cardiovascular dysfunction after SCI is orthostatic hypotension (OH), a debilitating condition characterized by rapid profound decreases in BP when assuming an upright posture. OH can result in a diverse array of insidious and pernicious health consequences. Acute effects of OH include decreased cardiac filling, cerebral hypoperfusion, and associated presyncopal symptoms such as lightheadedness and dizziness. Over the long term, repetitive exposure to OH is associated with a drastically increased prevalence of heart attack and stroke, which are leading causes of death in those with SCI. Current recommendations for managing BP after SCI primarily include pharmacologic interventions with prolonged time to effect. Because most episodes of OH occur in less than 3 minutes, this delay in action often renders most pharmacologic interventions ineffective. New innovative technologies such as epidural and transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation are being explored to solve this problem. It might be possible to electrically stimulate sympathetic circuitry caudal to the injury and elicit rapid modulation of BP to manage OH. This review describes autonomic control of the cardiovascular system before injury, resulting cardiovascular consequences after SCI such as OH, and the clinical assessment tools for evaluating autonomic dysfunction after SCI. In addition, current approaches for clinically managing OH are outlined, and new promising interventions are described for managing this condition.
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- Zoe K Sarafis
- ICORD-BSCC, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada(∗)
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- ICORD-BSCC, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada(†)
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- Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada(‡)
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- ICORD-BSCC; Experimental Medicine Program; Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia; GF Strong Rehabilitation Center, Vancouver Coastal Health; 818 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5Z1M9(§).
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Macefield VG, Henderson LA. Identification of the human sympathetic connectome involved in blood pressure regulation. Neuroimage 2019; 202:116119. [PMID: 31446130 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Revised: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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We review our recent data obtained on the cortical and subcortical components of the human sympathetic connectome - the network of regions involved in the sympathetic control of blood pressure. Specifically, we functionally identified the human homologue of the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM), the primary premotor sympathetic nucleus in the medulla responsible for generating sympathetic vasoconstrictor drive. By performing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the brain at the same time as recording muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA), via a microlectrode inserted into the common peroneal nerve, we are able to identify areas of the brain involved in the generation of sympathetic outflow to the muscle vascular bed, a major contributor to blood pressure regulation. Together with functional connectivity analysis of areas identified through MSNA-coupled fMRI, we have established key components of the human sympathetic connectome and their roles in the control of blood pressure. Whilst our studies confirm the role of lower brainstem regions such as the NTS, CVLM and RVLM in baroreflex control of MSNA, our findings indicate that the insula - hypothalamus - PAG - RVLM circuitry is tightly coupled to MSNA at rest. This fits with data obtained from experimental animals, but also emphasizes the role of areas above the brainstem in the regulation of blood pressure.
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- Department of Anatomy & Histology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Gagliuso AH, Chapman EK, Martinelli GP, Holstein GR. Vestibular neurons with direct projections to the solitary nucleus in the rat. J Neurophysiol 2019; 122:512-524. [PMID: 31166818 PMCID: PMC6734410 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00082.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Revised: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Anterograde and retrograde tract tracing were combined with neurotransmitter and modulator immunolabeling to identify the chemical anatomy of vestibular nuclear neurons with direct projections to the solitary nucleus in rats. Direct, sparsely branched but highly varicose axonal projections from neurons in the caudal vestibular nuclei to the solitary nucleus were observed. The vestibular neurons giving rise to these projections were predominantly located in ipsilateral medial vestibular nucleus. The cell bodies were intensely glutamate immunofluorescent, and their axonal processes contained vesicular glutamate transporter 2, supporting the interpretation that the cells utilize glutamate for neurotransmission. The glutamate-immunofluorescent, retrogradely filled vestibular cells also contained the neuromodulator imidazoleacetic acid ribotide, which is an endogenous CNS ligand that participates in blood pressure regulation. The vestibulo-solitary neurons were encapsulated by axo-somatic GABAergic terminals, suggesting that they are under tight inhibitory control. The results establish a chemoanatomical basis for transient vestibular activation of the output pathways from the caudal and intermediate regions of the solitary nucleus. In this way, changes in static head position and movement of the head in space may directly influence heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, as well as gastrointestinal motility. This would provide one anatomical explanation for the synchronous heart rate and blood pressure responses observed after peripheral vestibular activation, as well as disorders ranging from neurogenic orthostatic hypotension, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, and vasovagal syncope to the nausea and vomiting associated with motion sickness.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Vestibular neurons with direct projections to the solitary nucleus utilize glutamate for neurotransmission, modulated by imidazoleacetic acid ribotide. This is the first direct demonstration of the chemical neuroanatomy of the vestibulo-solitary pathway.
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- Amelia H Gagliuso
- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
- Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
- Center for Anatomy and Functional Morphology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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Sklerov M, Dayan E, Browner N. Functional neuroimaging of the central autonomic network: recent developments and clinical implications. Clin Auton Res 2018; 29:555-566. [PMID: 30470943 PMCID: PMC6858471 DOI: 10.1007/s10286-018-0577-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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Purpose The central autonomic network (CAN) is an intricate system of brainstem, subcortical, and cortical structures that play key roles in the function of the autonomic nervous system. Prior to the advent of functional neuroimaging, in vivo studies of the human CAN were limited. The purpose of this review is to highlight the contribution of functional neuroimaging, specifically functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), to the study of the CAN, and to discuss recent advances in this area. Additionally, we aim to emphasize exciting areas for future research. Methods We reviewed the existing literature in functional neuroimaging of the CAN. Here, we focus on fMRI research conducted in healthy human subjects, as well as research that has been done in disease states, to understand CAN function. To minimize confounding, papers examining CAN function in the context of cognition, emotion, pain, and affective disorders were excluded. Results fMRI has led to significant advances in the understanding of human CAN function. The CAN is composed of widespread brainstem and forebrain structures that are intricately connected and play key roles in reflexive and modulatory control of autonomic function. Conclusions fMRI technology has contributed extensively to current knowledge of CAN function. It holds promise to serve as a biomarker in disease states. With ongoing advancements in fMRI technology, there is great opportunity and need for future research involving the CAN.
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- Miriam Sklerov
- Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina, 170 Manning Drive, CB# 7025, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina, 130 Mason Farm Road, CB# 7513, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina, 170 Manning Drive, CB# 7025, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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Gao H, Korim WS, Yao ST, Heesch CM, Derbenev AV. Glycinergic neurotransmission in the rostral ventrolateral medulla controls the time course of baroreflex-mediated sympathoinhibition. J Physiol 2018; 597:283-301. [PMID: 30312491 DOI: 10.1113/jp276467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS To maintain appropriate blood flow to various tissues of the body under a variety of physiological states, autonomic nervous system reflexes regulate regional sympathetic nerve activity and arterial blood pressure. Our data obtained in anaesthetized rats revealed that glycine released in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) plays a critical role in maintaining arterial baroreflex sympathoinhibition. Manipulation of brainstem nuclei with known inputs to the RVLM (nucleus tractus solitarius and caudal VLM) unmasked tonic glycinergic inhibition in the RVLM. Whole-cell, patch clamp recordings demonstrate that both GABA and glycine inhibit RVLM neurons. Potentiation of neurotransmitter release from the active synaptic inputs in the RVLM produced saturation of GABAergic inhibition and emergence of glycinergic inhibition. Our data suggest that GABA controls threshold excitability, wherreas glycine increases the strength of inhibition under conditions of increased synaptic activity within the RVLM. ABSTRACT The arterial baroreflex is a rapid negative-feedback system that compensates changes in blood pressure by adjusting the output of presympathetic neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM). GABAergic projections from the caudal VLM (CVLM) provide a primary inhibitory input to presympathetic RVLM neurons. Although glycine-dependent regulation of RVLM neurons has been proposed, its role in determining RVLM excitability is ill-defined. The present study aimed to determine the physiological role of glycinergic neurotransmission in baroreflex function, identify the mechanisms for glycine release, and evaluate co-inhibition of RVLM neurons by GABA and glycine. Microinjection of the glycine receptor antagonist strychnine (4 mm, 100 nL) into the RVLM decreased the duration of baroreflex-mediated inhibition of renal sympathetic nerve activity (control = 12 ± 1 min; RVLM-strychnine = 5.1 ± 1 min), suggesting that RVLM glycine plays a critical role in regulating the time course of sympathoinhibition. Blockade of output from the nucleus tractus solitarius and/or disinhibition of the CVLM unmasked tonic glycinergic inhibition of the RVLM. To evaluate cellular mechanisms, RVLM neurons were retrogradely labelled (prior injection of pseudorabies virus PRV-152) and whole-cell, patch clamp recordings were obtained in brainstem slices. Under steady-state conditions GABAergic inhibition of RVLM neurons predominated and glycine contributed less than 25% of the overall inhibition. By contrast, stimulation of synaptic inputs in the RVLM decreased GABAergic inhibition to 53%; and increased glycinergic inhibition to 47%. Thus, under conditions of increased synaptic activity in the RVLM, glycinergic inhibition is recruited to strengthen sympathoinhibition.
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- Hong Gao
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.,Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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Chen J, Gu H, Wurster RD, Cheng Z. Baroreflex Control of Heart Rate in Mice Overexpressing Human SOD1: Functional Changes in Central and Vagal Efferent Components. Neurosci Bull 2018; 35:91-97. [PMID: 30460537 PMCID: PMC6357281 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-018-0302-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) (such as the superoxide radical) are commonly associated with cardiac autonomic dysfunctions. Though superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) overexpression may protect against ROS damage to the autonomic nervous system, superoxide radical reduction may change normal physiological functions. Previously, we demonstrated that human SOD1 (hSOD1) overexpression does not change baroreflex bradycardia and tachycardia but rather increases aortic depressor nerve activity in response to arterial pressure changes in C57B6SJL-Tg (SOD1)2 Gur/J mice. Since the baroreflex arc includes afferent, central, and efferent components, the objective of this study was to determine whether hSOD1 overexpression alters the central and vagal efferent mediation of heart rate (HR) responses. Our data indicate that SOD1 overexpression decreased the HR responses to vagal efferent nerve stimulation but did not change the HR responses to aortic depressor nerve (ADN) stimulation. Along with the previous study, we suggest that SOD1 overexpression preserves normal baroreflex function but may differentially alter the functions of the ADN, vagal efferents, and central components. While SOD1 overexpression likely enhanced ADN function and the central mediation of bradycardia, it decreased vagal efferent control of HR.
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- Jin Chen
- Division of Neuroscience and Division of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Sciences, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA
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- Division of Neuroscience and Division of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Sciences, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA
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- Division of Neuroscience and Division of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Sciences, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA.
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Brown AG, Thapa M, Hooker JW, Ostrowski TD. Impaired chemoreflex correlates with decreased c-Fos in respiratory brainstem centers of the streptozotocin-induced Alzheimer's disease rat model. Exp Neurol 2018; 311:285-292. [PMID: 30359566 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2018.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Revised: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Besides impairment in cognition and memory, patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) often exhibit marked dysfunction in respiratory control. Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is commonly found in cases of AD, resulting in periods of hypoxia during sleep. Early structural changes in brainstem areas controlling respiratory function may account for SDB in the course of AD. However, to date the underlying mechanisms for these complications are not known. The streptozotocin (STZ)-induced rat model of AD exhibits abnormal responses to hypoxia and increased astrogliosis in a key region for respiratory control. In this study we further defined the pathophysiological respiratory response of STZ-AD rats to 10% O2. In addition, we analyzed hypoxia-induced neuronal activation in respiratory and cardiovascular nuclei of the dorsal and ventral brainstem. Two hours of hypoxia induced a transient increase in tidal volume that was followed by a prolonged increase in respiratory rate. Only respiratory rate was significantly blunted in the STZ-AD model, which continued over the entire duration of the hypoxic episode. Analysis of c-Fos expression as a marker for neuronal activation showed abundant labeling throughout the nTS, nuclei of the ventral respiratory column, and A1/C1 cells of cardiovascular centers in the ventral brainstem. STZ-AD rats showed a significant decrease of c-Fos labeling in the caudal/medial nTS, rostral ventral respiratory group, and Bötzinger complex. c-Fos in other respiratory centers and A1/C1 cells was unaltered when compared to control. The results of this study document a region-specific impact of STZ-induced AD in respiratory brainstem nuclei. This decrease in c-Fos expression correlates with the observed blunting of respiration to hypoxia in the STZ-AD rat model.
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- Andrea G Brown
- Department of Physiology, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, A.T. Still University of Health Sciences, Kirksville, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, A.T. Still University of Health Sciences, Kirksville, MO, USA.
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Ruyle BC, Klutho PJ, Baines CP, Heesch CM, Hasser EM. Hypoxia activates a neuropeptidergic pathway from the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus to the nucleus tractus solitarii. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2018; 315:R1167-R1182. [PMID: 30230933 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00244.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) contributes to both autonomic and neuroendocrine function. PVN lesion or inhibition blunts cardiorespiratory responses to peripheral chemoreflex activation, suggesting that the PVN is required for full expression of these effects. However, the role of efferent projections to cardiorespiratory nuclei and the neurotransmitters/neuromodulators that are involved is unclear. The PVN sends dense projections to the nucleus tractus solitarii (nTS), a region that displays neuronal activation following hypoxia. We hypothesized that acute hypoxia activates nTS-projecting PVN neurons. Using a combination of retrograde tracing and immunohistochemistry, we determined whether hypoxia activates PVN neurons that project to the nTS and examined the phenotype of these neurons. Conscious rats underwent 2 h normoxia (21% O2, n = 5) or hypoxia (10% O2, n = 6). Hypoxia significantly increased Fos immunoreactivity in nTS-projecting neurons, primarily in the caudal PVN. The majority of activated nTS-projecting neurons contained corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH). In the nTS, fibers expressing the CRH receptor corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 2 (CRFR2) were colocalized with oxytocin (OT) fibers and were closely associated with hypoxia-activated nTS neurons. A separate group of animals that received a microinjection of adeno-associated virus type 2-hSyn-green fluorescent protein (GFP) into the PVN exhibited GFP-expressing fibers in the nTS; a proportion of these fibers displayed OT immunoreactivity. Thus, nTS CRFR2s appear to be located on the fibers of PVN OT neurons that project to the nTS. Taken together, our findings suggest that PVN CRH projections to the nTS may modulate nTS neuronal activation, possibly via OTergic mechanisms, and thus contribute to chemoreflex cardiorespiratory responses.
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- Brian C Ruyle
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.,Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri , Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.,Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri , Columbia, Missouri.,Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri , Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.,Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri , Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.,Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri , Columbia, Missouri.,Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri , Columbia, Missouri
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Wszedybyl-Winklewska M, Wolf J, Szarmach A, Winklewski PJ, Szurowska E, Narkiewicz K. Central sympathetic nervous system reinforcement in obstructive sleep apnoea. Sleep Med Rev 2018; 39:143-154. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2017.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Revised: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Yamanaka K, Takagishi M, Kim J, Gouraud SS, Waki H. Bidirectional cardiovascular responses evoked by microstimulation of the amygdala in rats. J Physiol Sci 2018; 68:233-242. [PMID: 28111704 PMCID: PMC10717243 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-017-0523-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Although the amygdala is known as a negative emotion center for coordinating defensive behaviors, its functions in autonomic control remain unclear. To resolve this issue, we examined effects on cardiovascular responses induced by stimulation and lesions of the amygdala in anesthetized and free-moving rats. Electrical microstimulation of the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) induced a gradual increase in arterial pressure (AP) and heart rate (HR), whereas stimulation of adjacent nuclei evoked a phasic AP decrease. The gain of the baroreceptor reflex was not altered by CeA stimulation, suggesting that CeA activity increases both AP and HR by resetting baroreceptor reflex function. Disinhibition of GABAergic input by amygdalar microinjection of the GABAA receptor antagonist induced robust increases in AP and HR. Furthermore, bilateral electrolytic lesions of CeA evoked consistent AP increases over the light/dark cycle. These results suggest that the amygdala exerts 'bidirectional' autonomic control over the cardiovascular system.
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- Ko Yamanaka
- Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, 1-1 Hiraka-Gakuendai, Inzai, Chiba, 270-1695, Japan
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- Department of Therapeutic Health Promotion, Kansai University of Health Sciences, 2-11-1 Wakaba, Kumatori, Sennan, Osaka, 590-0482, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, 1-1 Hiraka-Gakuendai, Inzai, Chiba, 270-1695, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 112-8610, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, 1-1 Hiraka-Gakuendai, Inzai, Chiba, 270-1695, Japan.
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Does continuous positive airway pressure treatment affect autonomic nervous system in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea? Sleep Med 2018; 42:68-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2017.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Revised: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mueller PJ, Clifford PS, Crandall CG, Smith SA, Fadel PJ. Integration of Central and Peripheral Regulation of the Circulation during Exercise: Acute and Chronic Adaptations. Compr Physiol 2017; 8:103-151. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c160040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Park SE, Jin YZ, Park BR. Dual control of the vestibulosympathetic reflex following hypotension in rats. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF PHARMACOLOGY 2017; 21:675-686. [PMID: 29200911 PMCID: PMC5709485 DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.2017.21.6.675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Revised: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is associated with symptoms including headache, dizziness, and syncope. The incidence of OH increases with age. Attenuation of the vestibulosympathetic reflex (VSR) is also associated with an increased incidence of OH. In order to understand the pathophysiology of OH, we investigated the physiological characteristics of the VSR in the disorder. We applied sodium nitroprusside (SNP) to conscious rats with sinoaortic denervation in order to induce hypotension. Expression of pERK in the intermediolateral cell column (IMC) of the T4~7 thoracic spinal regions, blood epinephrine levels, and blood pressure were evaluated following the administration of glutamate and/or SNP. SNP-induced hypotension led to increased pERK expression in the medial vestibular nucleus (MVN), rostral ventrolateral medullary nucleus (RVLM) and the IMC, as well as increased blood epinephrine levels. We co-administered either a glutamate receptor agonist or a glutamate receptor antagonist to the MVN or the RVLM. The administration of the glutamate receptor agonists, AMPA or NMDA, to the MVN or RVLM led to elevated blood pressure, increased pERK expression in the IMC, and increased blood epinephrine levels. Administration of the glutamate receptor antagonists, CNQX or MK801, to the MVN or RVLM attenuated the increased pERK expression and blood epinephrine levels caused by SNP-induced hypotension. These results suggest that two components of the pathway which maintains blood pressure are involved in the VSR induced by SNP. These are the neurogenic control of blood pressure via the RVLM and the humoral control of blood pressure via epinephrine release from the adrenal medulla.
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- Sang Eon Park
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul 02447, Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Yanbian University College of Medicine, Yanji 133002, China
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- Department of Physiology, Wonkwang University of School of Medicine and Brain Science Institute at Wonkwang University, Iksan 54538, Korea
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Water intake is one of the most basic physiological responses and is essential to sustain life. The perception of thirst has a critical role in controlling body fluid homeostasis and if neglected or dysregulated can lead to life-threatening pathologies. Clear evidence suggests that the perception of thirst occurs in higher-order centres, such as the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and insular cortex (IC), which receive information from midline thalamic relay nuclei. Multiple brain regions, notably circumventricular organs such as the organum vasculosum lamina terminalis (OVLT) and subfornical organ (SFO), monitor changes in blood osmolality, solute load and hormone circulation and are thought to orchestrate appropriate responses to maintain extracellular fluid near ideal set points by engaging the medial thalamic-ACC/IC network. Thirst has long been thought of as a negative homeostatic feedback response to increases in blood solute concentration or decreases in blood volume. However, emerging evidence suggests a clear role for thirst as a feedforward adaptive anticipatory response that precedes physiological challenges. These anticipatory responses are promoted by rises in core body temperature, food intake (prandial) and signals from the circadian clock. Feedforward signals are also important mediators of satiety, inhibiting thirst well before the physiological state is restored by fluid ingestion. In this Review, we discuss the importance of thirst for body fluid balance and outline our current understanding of the neural mechanisms that underlie the various types of homeostatic and anticipatory thirst.
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- Claire Gizowski
- Centre for Research in Neuroscience, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre and Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal H3G1A4, Canada
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- Centre for Research in Neuroscience, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre and Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal H3G1A4, Canada
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A review of human neuroimaging investigations involved with central autonomic regulation of baroreflex-mediated cardiovascular control. Auton Neurosci 2017; 207:10-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2017.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Revised: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Hammam E, Macefield VG. Vestibular Modulation of Sympathetic Nerve Activity to Muscle and Skin in Humans. Front Neurol 2017; 8:334. [PMID: 28798718 PMCID: PMC5526846 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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We review the existence of vestibulosympathetic reflexes in humans. While several methods to activate the human vestibular apparatus have been used, galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) is a means of selectively modulating vestibular afferent activity via electrodes over the mastoid processes, causing robust vestibular illusions of side-to-side movement. Sinusoidal GVS (sGVS) causes partial entrainment of sympathetic outflow to muscle and skin. Modulation of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) from vestibular inputs competes with baroreceptor inputs, with stronger temporal coupling to the vestibular stimulus being observed at frequencies remote from the cardiac frequency; “super entrainment” was observed in some individuals. Low-frequency (<0.2 Hz) sGVS revealed two peaks of modulation per cycle, with bilateral recordings of MSNA or skin sympathetic nerve activity, providing evidence of lateralization of sympathetic outflow during vestibular stimulation. However, it should be noted that GVS influences the firing of afferents from the entire vestibular apparatus, including the semicircular canals. To identify the specific source of vestibular input responsible for the generation of vestibulosympathetic reflexes, we used low-frequency (<0.2 Hz) sinusoidal linear acceleration of seated or supine subjects to, respectively, target the utricular or saccular components of the otoliths. While others had discounted the semicircular canals, we showed that the contributions of the utricle and saccule to the vestibular modulation of MSNA are very similar. Moreover, that modulation of MSNA occurs at accelerations well below levels at which subjects are able to perceive any motion indicates that, like vestibulospinal control of posture, the vestibular system contributes to the control of blood pressure through potent reflexes in humans.
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- Elie Hammam
- School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Oliveira LA, Almeida J, Gomes-de-Souza L, Benini R, Crestani CC. CRF1and CRF2receptors in the bed nucleus of stria terminalis differently modulate the baroreflex function in unanesthetized rats. Eur J Neurosci 2017; 46:1805-1812. [DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Revised: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Leandro A. Oliveira
- Laboratory of Pharmacology; Department of Natural Active Principles and Toxicology; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; São Paulo State University (UNESP); Rodovia Araraquara-Jau Km 01 (Campus Universitário) 14800-903 Araraquara SP Brazil
- Joint UFSCar-UNESP Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences; PIPGCF; São Carlos SP Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology; Department of Natural Active Principles and Toxicology; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; São Paulo State University (UNESP); Rodovia Araraquara-Jau Km 01 (Campus Universitário) 14800-903 Araraquara SP Brazil
- Joint UFSCar-UNESP Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences; PIPGCF; São Carlos SP Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology; Department of Natural Active Principles and Toxicology; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; São Paulo State University (UNESP); Rodovia Araraquara-Jau Km 01 (Campus Universitário) 14800-903 Araraquara SP Brazil
- Joint UFSCar-UNESP Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences; PIPGCF; São Carlos SP Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology; Department of Natural Active Principles and Toxicology; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; São Paulo State University (UNESP); Rodovia Araraquara-Jau Km 01 (Campus Universitário) 14800-903 Araraquara SP Brazil
- Joint UFSCar-UNESP Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences; PIPGCF; São Carlos SP Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology; Department of Natural Active Principles and Toxicology; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; São Paulo State University (UNESP); Rodovia Araraquara-Jau Km 01 (Campus Universitário) 14800-903 Araraquara SP Brazil
- Joint UFSCar-UNESP Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences; PIPGCF; São Carlos SP Brazil
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Kolpakova J, Li L, Hatcher JT, Gu H, Zhang X, Chen J, Cheng ZJ. Responses of Nucleus Tractus Solitarius (NTS) early and late neurons to blood pressure changes in anesthetized F344 rats. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0169529. [PMID: 28384162 PMCID: PMC5383029 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Previously, many different types of NTS barosensitive neurons were identified. However, the time course of NTS barosensitive neuronal activity (NA) in response to arterial pressure (AP) changes, and the relationship of NA-AP changes, have not yet been fully quantified. In this study, we made extracellular recordings of single NTS neurons firing in response to AP elevation induced by occlusion of the descending aorta in anesthetized rats. Our findings were that: 1) Thirty-five neurons (from 46 neurons) increased firing, whereas others neurons either decreased firing upon AP elevation, or were biphasic: first decreased firing upon AP elevation and then increased firing during AP decrease. 2) Fourteen neurons with excitatory responses were activated and rapidly increased their firing during the early phase of AP increase (early neurons); whereas 21 neurons did not increase firing until the mean arterial pressure changes (ΔMAP) reached near/after the peak (late neurons). 3) The early neurons had a significantly higher firing rate than late neurons during AP elevation at a similar rate. 4) Early neuron NA-ΔMAP relationship could be well fitted and characterized by the sigmoid logistic function with the maximal gain of 29.3. 5) The increase of early NA correlated linearly with the initial heart rate (HR) reduction. 6) The late neurons did not contribute to the initial HR reduction. However, the late NA could be well correlated with HR reduction during the late phase. Altogether, our study demonstrated that the NTS excitatory neurons could be grouped into early and late neurons based on their firing patterns. The early neurons could be characterized by the sigmoid logistic function, and different neurons may differently contribute to HR regulation. Importantly, the grouping and quantitative methods used in this study may provide a useful tool for future assessment of functional changes of early and late neurons in disease models.
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- Jenya Kolpakova
- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando FL, United States of America
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando FL, United States of America
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando FL, United States of America
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando FL, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando FL, United States of America
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando FL, United States of America
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Cutsforth-Gregory JK, Benarroch EE. Nucleus of the solitary tract, medullary reflexes, and clinical implications. Neurology 2017; 88:1187-1196. [PMID: 28202704 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000003751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Lu Z, Yeung CK, Lin G, Yew DTW, Andrews PLR, Rudd JA. Insights into the central pathways involved in the emetic and behavioural responses to exendin-4 in the ferret. Auton Neurosci 2016; 202:122-135. [PMID: 27692857 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2016.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Revised: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND GLP-1 receptor agonists are utilised for the treatment of Type-2 diabetes but can be associated with undesirable effects of nausea and vomiting. OBJECTIVES To investigate the role of GLP-1 receptors in mechanisms of emesis, behaviours indicative of nausea (BIN) and food intake in the ferret. RESULTS Exendin-4 (10 and 30nmol, i.c.v.) induced emesis, inhibited food intake, and increased the frequency of BIN. Increases in c-Fos in the brainstem, midbrain and forebrain occurred in animals exhibiting emesis; no activation of the brainstem occurred in animals not vomiting. Exendin-4 (10nmol, i.c.v.) when preceded by i.c.v. saline (15μl), was not emetic but induced BIN and inhibited food intake; exendin (9-39) (100nmol) reduced BIN only. c-Fos showed that consistent with the absence of emesis in saline/exendin-4 treated animals there was no increase in c-Fos in the brainstem, but it increased in midbrain and forebrain nuclei. Excepting the amygdala, exendin (9-39) was without efffect on the increases in c-Fos. Analysis of c-Fos data showed a positive linear relationship between midbrain and forebrain areas irrespective of the occurrence of emesis induced by exendin-4. In contrast, brainstem and midbrain c-Fos levels were positively correlated, but only in animals with emesis. CONCLUSIONS The brainstem is critical for exendin-4-induced emesis but suppression of food intake and BIN involves more rostral brain sites. Exendin-4-induced BIN and c-Fos activation of the amygdala are sensitive to exendin (9-39), whereas the suppression of food intake is not implicating separate control mechanisms for emesis and BIN.
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- Zengbing Lu
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, SAR. China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, SAR. China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, SAR. China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, SAR. China
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, St George's University of London, London, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, SAR. China; Brain and Mind Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, SAR. China.
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Microglial number is related to the number of tyrosine hydroxylase neurons in SHR and normotensive rats. Auton Neurosci 2016; 198:10-8. [PMID: 27260963 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2016.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2016] [Revised: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Microglia are ubiquitously distributed throughout the central nervous system (CNS) and play a critical role in the maintenance of neuronal homeostasis. Recent advances have shown that microglia, never resting cells of the CNS, continuously monitor and influence neuronal/synaptic activity levels, by communicating with neurons with the aid of their dynamic processes. The brainstem contains many catecholaminergic nuclei that are key to many aspects of brain function. This includes C1 neurons of the ventrolateral medulla that are thought to play a critical role in control of the circulation. Despite the role of catecholaminergic brainstem neurons in normal physiology, the presence of microglia that surrounds them is poorly understood. Here, we investigate the spatial distribution and morphology of microglia in catecholaminergic nuclei of the brainstem in 3 strains of rat: Sprague-Dawley (SD), Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Our data reveal that microglia are heterogeneously distributed within and across different strains of rats. Interestingly, intra-strain comparison of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive (TH-ir) neuronal and microglial number reveals that microglial number varies with the TH-ir neuronal number in the brainstem. Even though microglial spatial distribution varies across brainstem nuclei, microglial morphology (% area covered, number of end point processes and branch length) does not differ significantly. This work provides the first evidence that even though microglia, in their surveilling state, do not vary appreciably in their morphology across brainstem areas, they do have a heterogeneous pattern of distribution that may be influenced by their local environment.
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Deuchars SA, Lall VK. Sympathetic preganglionic neurons: properties and inputs. Compr Physiol 2016; 5:829-69. [PMID: 25880515 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c140020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The sympathetic nervous system comprises one half of the autonomic nervous system and participates in maintaining homeostasis and enabling organisms to respond in an appropriate manner to perturbations in their environment, either internal or external. The sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPNs) lie within the spinal cord and their axons traverse the ventral horn to exit in ventral roots where they form synapses onto postganglionic neurons. Thus, these neurons are the last point at which the central nervous system can exert an effect to enable changes in sympathetic outflow. This review considers the degree of complexity of sympathetic control occurring at the level of the spinal cord. The morphology and targets of SPNs illustrate the diversity within this group, as do their diverse intrinsic properties which reveal some functional significance of these properties. SPNs show high degrees of coupled activity, mediated through gap junctions, that enables rapid and coordinated responses; these gap junctions contribute to the rhythmic activity so critical to sympathetic outflow. The main inputs onto SPNs are considered; these comprise afferent, descending, and interneuronal influences that themselves enable functionally appropriate changes in SPN activity. The complexity of inputs is further demonstrated by the plethora of receptors that mediate the different responses in SPNs; their origins and effects are plentiful and diverse. Together these different inputs and the intrinsic and coupled activity of SPNs result in the rhythmic nature of sympathetic outflow from the spinal cord, which has a variety of frequencies that can be altered in different conditions.
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- Susan A Deuchars
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Shoemaker JK, Badrov MB, Al-Khazraji BK, Jackson DN. Neural Control of Vascular Function in Skeletal Muscle. Compr Physiol 2015; 6:303-29. [PMID: 26756634 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c150004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The sympathetic nervous system represents a fundamental homeostatic system that exerts considerable control over blood pressure and the distribution of blood flow. This process has been referred to as neurovascular control. Overall, the concept of neurovascular control includes the following elements: efferent postganglionic sympathetic nerve activity, neurotransmitter release, and the end organ response. Each of these elements reflects multiple levels of control that, in turn, affect complex patterns of change in vascular contractile state. Primarily, this review discusses several of these control layers that combine to produce the integrative physiology of reflex vascular control observed in skeletal muscle. Beginning with three reflexes that provide somewhat dissimilar vascular patterns of response despite similar changes in efferent sympathetic nerve activity, namely, the baroreflex, chemoreflex, and muscle metaboreflex, the article discusses the anatomical and physiological bases of postganglionic sympathetic discharge patterns and recruitment, neurotransmitter release and management, and details of regional variations of receptor density and responses within the microvascular bed. Challenges are addressed regarding the fundamentals of measurement and how conclusions from one response or vascular segment should not be used as an indication of neurovascular control as a generalized physiological dogma. Whereas the bulk of the article focuses on the vasoconstrictor function of sympathetic neurovascular integration, attention is also given to the issues of sympathetic vasodilation as well as the impact of chronic changes in sympathetic activation and innervation on vascular health. © 2016 American Physiological Society.
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- J K Shoemaker
- School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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Coldren KM, Brown R, Hasser EM, Heesch CM. Relaxin increases sympathetic nerve activity and activates spinally projecting neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of nonpregnant, but not pregnant, rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2015; 309:R1553-68. [PMID: 26400184 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00186.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2015] [Accepted: 09/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pregnancy is characterized by increased blood volume and baseline sympathetic nerve activity (SNA), vasodilation, and tachycardia. Relaxin (RLX), an ovarian hormone elevated in pregnancy, activates forebrain sites involved in control of blood volume and SNA through ANG II-dependent mechanisms and contributes to adaptations during pregnancy. In anesthetized, arterial baroreceptor-denervated nonpregnant (NP) rats, RLX microinjected into the subfornical organ (SFO; 0.77 pmol in 50 nl) produced sustained increases in lumbar SNA (8 ± 3%) and mean arterial pressure (MAP; 26 ± 4 mmHg). Low-dose intracarotid artery infusion of RLX (155 pmol·ml(-1)·h(-1); 1.5 h) had minor transient effects on AP and activated neurons [increased Fos-immunoreactivity (IR)] in the SFO and in spinally projecting (19 ± 2%) and arginine-vasopressin (AVP)-IR (21 ± 5%) cells in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus of NP, but not pregnant (P), rats. However, mRNA for RLX and ANG II type 1a receptors in the SFO was preserved in pregnancy. RLX receptor-IR is present in the region of the SFO in NP and P rats and is localized in astrocytes, the major source of angiotensinogen in the SFO. These data provide an anatomical substrate for a role of RLX in the resetting of AVP secretion and increased baseline SNA in pregnancy. Since RLX and ANG II receptor expression was preserved in the SFO of P rats, we speculate that the lack of response to exogenous RLX may be due to maximal activation by elevated endogenous levels of RLX in near-term pregnancy.
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- K Max Coldren
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; and
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; and
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Shoemaker JK, Goswami R. Forebrain neurocircuitry associated with human reflex cardiovascular control. Front Physiol 2015; 6:240. [PMID: 26388780 PMCID: PMC4555962 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Physiological homeostasis depends upon adequate integration and responsiveness of sensory information with the autonomic nervous system to affect rapid and effective adjustments in end organ control. Dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system leads to cardiovascular disability with consequences as severe as sudden death. The neural pathways involved in reflexive autonomic control are dependent upon brainstem nuclei but these receive modulatory inputs from higher centers in the midbrain and cortex. Neuroimaging technologies have allowed closer study of the cortical circuitry related to autonomic cardiovascular adjustments to many stressors in awake humans and have exposed many forebrain sites that associate strongly with cardiovascular arousal during stress including the medial prefrontal cortex, insula cortex, anterior cingulate, amygdala and hippocampus. Using a comparative approach, this review will consider the cortical autonomic circuitry in rodents and primates with a major emphasis on more recent neuroimaging studies in awake humans. A challenge with neuroimaging studies is their interpretation in view of multiple sensory, perceptual, emotive and/or reflexive components of autonomic responses. This review will focus on those responses related to non-volitional baroreflex control of blood pressure and also on the coordinated responses to non-fatiguing, non-painful volitional exercise with particular emphasis on the medial prefrontal cortex and the insula cortex.
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- J Kevin Shoemaker
- School of Kinesiology, The University of Western Ontario London, ON, Canada ; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario London, ON, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology, The University of Western Ontario London, ON, Canada
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Morris BJ, Dampney RAL. Brain-stem microRNAs implicated in hypertension. Physiol Genomics 2015; 47:386-7. [PMID: 26242934 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00079.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Brian J Morris
- Discipline of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Discipline of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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