TRH: Cardiovascular and sympathetic modulation in brain nuclei of the rat |
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Authors: | Giora Feuerstein Arnold H. Hassen Alan I. Faden |
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Affiliation: | Neurobiology Research Unit, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA |
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Abstract: | The cardiovascular and sympathetic effects of TRH in discrete cardiovascular-related brain nuclei were studied. Microinjections of TRH were made into the nucleus preopticus medialis (POM) of conscious rats and the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) of pentobarbitone-anesthetized, artificially respired rats. POM injections (1 μl, 0.8–80 nM) elicited dose dependent pressor and tachycardic responses which were accompanied by increased levels of norepinephrine (NE) and epinephrine (EPI) in the plasma. These pressor/tachycardic effects of TRH were also elicited in adrenal demedullated (ADM-x) rats, but completely abolished in ADM-x rats pretreated with bretylium (30 mg/kg, IA). NTS injections (0.1 μl, 30 and 150 nM) had a short depressor effect on blood pressure (BP) and a delayed increase in heart rate (HR). From these findings we suggest that the POM, a central nucleus in the AV3V region, may be an important forebrain site for autonomic regulation by TRH, mediated through the sympathetic nervous system. |
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Keywords: | TRH Blood pressure Heart rate Catecholamines Hypothalamus Autonomic nervous system |
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