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Fujiu K. Brain-Heart Dialogue - Decoding Its Role in Homeostasis and Cardiovascular Disease. Circ J 2024; 88:1354-1359. [PMID: 37967922 DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-23-0579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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Despite advancements in treatments for heart failure and lethal arrhythmias, achieving satisfactory life prognoses remains a challenge. A fresh perspective on the pathogenesis of heart disease is imperative to improve these prognoses. Our research has highlighted the role of cardiac macrophages in inhibiting the onset of heart failure and sudden cardiac death. We have recently unveiled a collaborative mechanism involving immune cells, brain neural networks, and the kidneys, which work in concert to combat cardiovascular diseases. This intricate organ network, orchestrated by the brain neural network and immune system, is pivotal in maintaining whole-body homeostasis. Disruptions in this harmonious interplay can precipitate various conditions, including heart failure and multiple organ failure, underscoring the significance of technological advancements in analytical methods and the advent of artificial intelligence. Recent strides in circulatory organ research have facilitated concurrent high-level analysis of the neural network and cardiovascular system. This review encapsulates these cutting-edge reports, evaluates the progress of research anchored in the fundamental concept that system failure of the cardiovascular organ precipitates cardiovascular disease, and offers valuable insights to guide future research.
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- Katsuhito Fujiu
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, the University of Tokyo
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Elorette C, Aguilar BL, Novak V, Forcelli PA, Malkova L. Dysregulation of behavioral and autonomic responses to emotional and social stimuli following bidirectional pharmacological manipulation of the basolateral amygdala in macaques. Neuropharmacology 2020; 179:108275. [PMID: 32835765 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2020.108275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The amygdala is a key component of the neural circuits mediating the processing and response to emotionally salient stimuli. Amygdala lesions dysregulate social interactions, responses to fearful stimuli, and autonomic functions. In rodents, the basolateral and central nuclei of the amygdala have divergent roles in behavioral control. However, few studies have selectively examined these nuclei in the primate brain. Moreover, the majority of non-human primate studies have employed lesions, which only allow for unidirectional manipulation of amygdala activity. Thus, the effects of amygdala disinhibition on behavior in the primate are unknown. To address this gap, we pharmacologically inhibited by muscimol or disinhibited by bicuculline methiodide the basolateral complex of the amygdala (BLA; lateral, basal, and accessory basal) in nine awake, behaving male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). We examined the effects of amygdala manipulation on: (1) behavioral responses to taxidermy snakes and social stimuli, (2) food competition and social interaction in dyads, (3) autonomic arousal as measured by cardiovascular response, and (4) prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle (PPI) response. All modalities were impacted by pharmacological inhibition and/or disinhibition. Amygdala inhibition decreased fear responses to snake stimuli, increased examination of social stimuli, reduced competitive reward-seeking in dominant animals, decreased heart rate, and increased PPI response. Amygdala disinhibition restored fearful response after habituation to snakes, reduced competitive reward-seeking behavior in dominant animals, and lowered heart rate. Thus, both hypoactivity and hyperactivity of the basolateral amygdala can lead to dysregulated behavior, suggesting that a narrow range of activity is necessary for normal functions.
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- Catherine Elorette
- Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA; Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA; Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA; Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA.
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- Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA; Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA.
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Mesquita LT, Abreu AR, de Abreu AR, de Souza AA, de Noronha SR, Silva FC, Campos GSV, Chianca DA, de Menezes RC. New insights on amygdala: Basomedial amygdala regulates the physiological response to social novelty. Neuroscience 2016; 330:181-90. [PMID: 27261213 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.05.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2016] [Revised: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The amygdala has been associated with a variety of functions linked to physiological, behavioral and endocrine responses during emotional situations. This brain region is comprised of multiple sub-nuclei. These sub-nuclei belong to the same structure, but may be involved in different functions, thereby making the study of each sub-nuclei important. Yet, the involvement of the basomedial amygdala (BMA) in the regulation of emotional states has yet to be defined. Therefore, the aim of our study was to investigate the regulatory role of the BMA on the responses evoked during a social novelty model and whether the regulatory role depended on an interaction with the dorsomedial hypothalamus (DMH). Our results showed that the chemical inhibition of the BMA by the microinjection of muscimol (γ-aminobutyric acid (GABAA) agonist) promoted increases in mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR), whereas the chemical inhibition of regions near the BMA did not induce such cardiovascular changes. In contrast, the BMA chemical activation by the bilateral microinjection of bicuculline methiodide (BMI; GABAA antagonist), blocked the increases in MAP and HR observed when an intruder rat was suddenly introduced into the cage of a resident rat, and confined to the small cage for 15min. Additionally, the increase in HR and MAP induced by BMA inhibition were eliminated by DMH chemical inhibition. Thus, our data reveal that the BMA is under continuous GABAergic influence, and that its hyperactivation can reduce the physiological response induced by a social novelty condition, possibly by inhibiting DMH neurons.
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- Laura Tavares Mesquita
- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Exact and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Exact and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Exact and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Exact and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Exact and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Exact and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Exact and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Exact and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Exact and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil.
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Jackson KL, Palma-Rigo K, Nguyen-Huu TP, Davern PJ, Head GA. Major Contribution of the Medial Amygdala to Hypertension in BPH/2J Genetically Hypertensive Mice. Hypertension 2014; 63:811-8. [DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.113.02020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Kristy L. Jackson
- From the Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (K.L.J., K.P.-R., T.-P.N.-H., P.J.D., G.A.H.); and Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia (K.L.J., G.A.H.)
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- From the Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (K.L.J., K.P.-R., T.-P.N.-H., P.J.D., G.A.H.); and Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia (K.L.J., G.A.H.)
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- From the Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (K.L.J., K.P.-R., T.-P.N.-H., P.J.D., G.A.H.); and Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia (K.L.J., G.A.H.)
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- From the Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (K.L.J., K.P.-R., T.-P.N.-H., P.J.D., G.A.H.); and Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia (K.L.J., G.A.H.)
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- From the Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (K.L.J., K.P.-R., T.-P.N.-H., P.J.D., G.A.H.); and Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia (K.L.J., G.A.H.)
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Chiou RJ, Kuo CC, Yen CT. Comparisons of terminal densities of cardiovascular function-related projections from the amygdala subnuclei. Auton Neurosci 2013; 181:21-30. [PMID: 24412638 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2013.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2013] [Revised: 11/16/2013] [Accepted: 12/10/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The amygdala is important in higher-level control of cardiovascular functions. In this study, we compared cardiovascular-related projections among the subnuclei of the amygdala. Biotinylated dextran amine was injected into the central, medial, and basolateral nuclei of the amygdala, and the distributions and densities of anterograde-labeled terminal boutons were analyzed. We found that the medial, basolateral, and central nuclei all had projections into the cardiovascular-related areas of the hypothalamus. However, only the central nucleus had a significant direct projection into the medulla. By contrast, the medial nucleus had limited projections, and the basolateral nucleus had no terminals extending into the medulla. We concluded that the medial, central, and basolateral nuclei of the amygdala may influence cardiovascular-related nuclei through monosynaptic connections with cardiovascular-related nuclei in the hypothalamus and medulla.
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- Ruei-Jen Chiou
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, 701 Chung-Yang Road, Section 3, Hualien 97004, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University, 1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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Neckel H, Quagliotto E, Casali KR, Montano N, Dal Lago P, Rasia-Filho AA. Glutamate and GABA in the medial amygdala induce selective central sympathetic/parasympathetic cardiovascular responses. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2012; 90:525-36. [DOI: 10.1139/y2012-024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Glutamate and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) participate in central cardiovascular control, and are found in the rat posterodorsal medial amygdala (MePD), an area of the forebrain that modulates emotional/social behaviors. Here we tested whether these neurotransmitters in the MePD could change the basal activity, chemoreflex, and baroreflex cardiovascular responses in awake rats. Power spectral analysis and symbolic analysis were used to evaluate these responses. Microinjections of saline, glutamate (2 µg), or GABA (61 ng or 100 µg; n = 5–7 rats per group) did not affect basal parameters or chemoreflex responses. However, baroreflex responses showed marked changes. Glutamate increased power spectral and symbolic sympathetic indexes related to both cardiac and vascular modulations (P < 0.05). In turn, the displacement of the baroreflex half-maximal heart rate (HR) response was associated with a GABA (61 ng) mediated decrease in the upper plateau (P < 0.05). Administration of GABA (61 ng, but not 100 µg) also increased HR variability (P < 0.05), in association with parasympathetic activation. These data add novel evidence that the MePD can promote selective responses in the central regulation of the cardiovascular system, i.e., glutamate in the MePD evoked activation of a central sympathetic reflex adjustment, whereas GABA activated a central parasympathetic one.
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- Helinton Neckel
- Department of Basic Sciences, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, RS 90050-170, Brazil
- Graduate Course in Neurosciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre RS 90050-170, Brazil
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, RS 90050-170, Brazil
- Graduate Course in Neurosciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre RS 90050-170, Brazil
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- Institute of Cardiology of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 90620-000, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Internal Medicine II, L. Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, 20157 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, RS 90050-170, Brazil
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, RS 90050-170, Brazil
- Graduate Course in Neurosciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre RS 90050-170, Brazil
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Sauzeau V, Carvajal-González JM, Riolobos AS, Sevilla MA, Menacho-Márquez M, Román AC, Abad A, Montero MJ, Fernández-Salguero P, Bustelo XR. Transcriptional factor aryl hydrocarbon receptor (Ahr) controls cardiovascular and respiratory functions by regulating the expression of the Vav3 proto-oncogene. J Biol Chem 2010; 286:2896-909. [PMID: 21115475 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.187534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (Ahr) is a transcriptional factor involved in detoxification responses to pollutants and in intrinsic biological processes of multicellular organisms. We recently described that Vav3, an activator of Rho/Rac GTPases, is an Ahr transcriptional target in embryonic fibroblasts. These results prompted us to compare the Ahr(-/-) and Vav3(-/-) mouse phenotypes to investigate the implications of this functional interaction in vivo. Here, we show that Ahr is important for Vav3 expression in kidney, lung, heart, liver, and brainstem regions. This process is not affected by the administration of potent Ahr ligands such as benzo[a]pyrene. We also report that Ahr- and Vav3-deficient mice display hypertension, tachypnea, and sympathoexcitation. The Ahr gene deficiency also induces the GABAergic transmission defects present in the Vav3(-/-) ventrolateral medulla, a main cardiorespiratory brainstem center. However, Ahr(-/-) mice, unlike Vav3-deficient animals, display additional defects in fertility, perinatal growth, liver size and function, closure, spleen size, and peripheral lymphocytes. These results demonstrate that Vav3 is a bona fide Ahr target that is in charge of a limited subset of the developmental and physiological functions controlled by this transcriptional factor. Our data also reveal the presence of sympathoexcitation and new cardiorespiratory defects in Ahr(-/-) mice.
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- Vincent Sauzeau
- Centro de Investigación del Cáncer, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Salamanca University, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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Sauzeau V, Horta-Junior JAC, Riolobos AS, Fernández G, Sevilla MA, López DE, Montero MJ, Rico B, Bustelo XR. Vav3 is involved in GABAergic axon guidance events important for the proper function of brainstem neurons controlling cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal parameters. Mol Biol Cell 2010; 21:4251-63. [PMID: 20926682 PMCID: PMC2993752 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e10-07-0639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Vav3 is a phosphorylation-dependent activator of Rho/Rac GTPases that has been implicated in hematopoietic, bone, cerebellar, and cardiovascular roles. Consistent with the latter function, Vav3-deficient mice develop hypertension, tachycardia, and renocardiovascular dysfunctions. The cause of those defects remains unknown as yet. Here, we show that Vav3 is expressed in GABAegic neurons of the ventrolateral medulla (VLM), a brainstem area that modulates respiratory rates and, via sympathetic efferents, a large number of physiological circuits controlling blood pressure. On Vav3 loss, GABAergic cells of the caudal VLM cannot innervate properly their postsynaptic targets in the rostral VLM, leading to reduced GABAergic transmission between these two areas. This results in an abnormal regulation of catecholamine blood levels and in improper control of blood pressure and respiration rates to GABAergic signals. By contrast, the reaction of the rostral VLM to excitatory signals is not impaired. Consistent with those observations, we also demonstrate that Vav3 plays important roles in axon branching and growth cone morphology in primary GABAergic cells. Our study discloses an essential and nonredundant role for this Vav family member in axon guidance events in brainstem neurons that control blood pressure and respiratory rates.
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- Vincent Sauzeau
- Centro de Investigación del Cáncer, CSIC-Salamanca University, Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León and Departamento de Fisiología y Farmacología, Salamanca University, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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Davern PJ, Nguyen-Huu TP, La Greca L, Abdelkader A, Head GA. Role of the sympathetic nervous system in Schlager genetically hypertensive mice. Hypertension 2009; 54:852-9. [PMID: 19667247 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.109.136069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Early studies indicate that the hypertension observed in the Schlager inbred mouse strain may be attributed to a neurogenic mechanism. In this study, we examined the contribution of the sympathetic nervous system in maintaining hypertension in the BPH/2J mouse and used c-Fos immunohistochemistry to elucidate whether neuronal activation in specific brain regions was associated with waking blood pressure. Male hypertensive (BPH/2J; n=14), normotensive (BPN/3J; n=18), and C57/Bl6 (n=5) mice were implanted with telemetry devices, and after 10 days of recovery, recordings of blood pressure, heart rate, and locomotor activity were measured to determine circadian variation. Mean arterial pressure was higher in BPH/2J than in BPN/3J or C57/Bl6 mice (P<0.001), and BPH/2J animals showed exaggerated day-night differences (17+/-2 versus 6+/-1 mm Hg in BPN/3J or +8+/-2 mm Hg in C57/Bl6 mice; P<0.001). Acute sympathetic blockade with pentolinium (7.5 mg/kg IP) during the active and inactive phases reduced blood pressure to comparable levels in BPH/2J and BPN/3J mice. The number of c-Fos-labeled cells was greater in the amygdala (+180%; P<0.01), paraventricular nucleus (+110%; P<0.001), and dorsomedial hypothalamus (+48%; P<0.001) in the active (hypertensive) phase in BPH/2J compared with BPN/3J mice. The level of neuronal activation was mostly similar in these regions in the inactive phase. Of all of the regions studied, neuronal activation in the medial amygdala, as detected by c-Fos, was highly correlated to mean arterial pressure (r=0.98). These findings indicate that the hypertension is largely attributable to sympathetic nervous system activity, possibly generated through greater levels of arousal regulated by neurons located in the medial amygdala.
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- Pamela J Davern
- Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Research Institute, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, St Kilda Road Central, Melbourne, Victoria 8008, Australia
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Orexin neurons in the hypothalamus mediate cardiorespiratory responses induced by disinhibition of the amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. Brain Res 2009; 1262:25-37. [PMID: 19368849 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2008] [Revised: 01/13/2009] [Accepted: 01/14/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We previously showed that the defense response elicited by stressors was attenuated in prepro-orexin knockout mice and in orexin neuron-ablated mice, and we proposed that orexin serves as a master switch within multiple efferent pathways that mediate the defense response. In this study we sought to determine whether excitation of the amygdala (AMG) or the bed nucleus of stria terminalis (BNST) activates orexin-containing neurons and whether those neurons are essential in eliciting cardiorespiratory responses to the stimulus. In urethane-anesthetized mice, the GABA-A receptor antagonist bicuculline was microinjected into the AMG or BNST and blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration were measured. Injection of bicuculline in either site induced long-lasting dose-dependent cardiorespiratory excitation in wild-type mice. In contrast, mice in which orexin neurons had been ablated demonstrated no such response after activation of the AMG and an attenuated response after activation of the BNST. Double immunohistochemical staining for orexin and c-Fos, an indicator of neural activation, revealed that an injection of bicuculline induced significantly larger numbers of orexin positive neurons that expressed c-Fos in the perifornical/dorsomedial hypothalamus (58.2+/-6.4% into AMG and 66.4+/-6.6% into BNST, n=3 each) than did vehicle (18.2+/-4.4% into AMG and 28.3+/-2.1% into BNST). Disinhibition to the BNST induced widespread expression of c-Fos not only in orexin-containing neurons but also other neurons in the hypothalamus. We conclude that orexin-containing neurons in the medial hypothalamus mediate at least a part of AMG- and BNST-induced cardiorespiratory responses.
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Miyamoto TA, Miyamoto KJ, Miyamoto MR. Part III. Systemically administered taurine: pharmacologically activated mechanisms. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2006; 583:335-51. [PMID: 17153619 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33504-9_38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Ranft A, Kurz J, Deuringer M, Haseneder R, Dodt HU, Zieglgänsberger W, Kochs E, Eder M, Hapfelmeier G. Isoflurane modulates glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmission in the amygdala. Eur J Neurosci 2004; 20:1276-80. [PMID: 15341599 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03603.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Attempts have been made to attribute the particular features of general anaesthesia such as hypnosis, analgesia, amnesia and autonomic stability to certain brain regions. In the present study, we examined the effects of the commonplace volatile anaesthetic isoflurane on synaptic transmission in an in vitro slice preparation of the murine amygdala. Despite the established role of this limbic structure in the formation of aversive memories, conditioned fear and anxiety, as well as pain processing and regulation of sympathetic tone, the influence of volatile anaesthetics on synaptic signalling has not yet been investigated in this region of the brain. Evoked postsynaptic currents were monitored from principal neurons in the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala by means of patch-clamp recording. The mixed postsynaptic currents were mediated by non-NMDA, NMDA, GABA A and GABA B receptors. Isoflurane added to the perfusion medium reduced the strength of synaptic signalling following the activation of non-NMDA, NMDA, and GABA B receptors, whereas the GABA A receptor-mediated responses were enhanced. The overall reduction of neuronal excitability was also reflected in a reduction of field potential amplitudes. Isoflurane neither changed the membrane resting potential nor the input resistance of principal neurons in the amygdala. The present results may contribute to the understanding of how stress reactions and long-lasting neuroplastic processes are suppressed under general anaesthesia.
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- Andreas Ranft
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Strasse 22, D-81675 Munich, Germany.
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Kubo T, Okatani H, Nishigori Y, Hagiwara Y, Fukumori R, Goshima Y. Involvement of the medial amygdaloid nucleus in restraint stress-induced pressor responses in rats. Neurosci Lett 2004; 354:84-6. [PMID: 14698487 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.09.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Restraint stress increased the number of neurons with Fos immunoreactivity in the medial amygdaloid nucleus in rats and caused an increase in blood pressure. The stress-induced pressor response was inhibited by muscimol (80 pmol), a neuroinhibitory compound, injected bilaterally into the medial amygdaloid area, whereas muscimol (8 pmol) similarly injected had only a tendency of inhibition of the pressor response. These data suggest that the medial amygdaloid nucleus is involved in mediation of the restraint stress-induced pressor response.
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- Takao Kubo
- Department of Pharmacology, Showa Pharmaceutical University, Machida, Tokyo 194-8543, Japan.
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