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Connexions between the dorsomedial division of the ventromedial hypothalamus and the dorsal periaqueductal grey matter are critical in the elaboration of hypothalamically mediated panic-like behaviour.

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:The electrical and chemical stimulation of the dorsal periaqueductal grey matter (dPAG) elicits panic-like explosive escape behaviour. Although neurons of the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) seem to organise oriented escape behaviour, when stimulated with excitatory amino acids at higher doses, non-oriented/explosive escape reactions can also be displayed. The aim of this work was to examine the importance of reciprocal projections between the VMH and the dPAG for the organisation of this panic-like behaviour. The chemical stimulation of the VMH with 9nmol of N-methyl-d-aspartic acid (NMDA) elicited oriented and non-oriented escape behaviours. The pretreatment of the dPAG with a non-selective blocker of synaptic contacts, cobalt chloride (CoCl2), followed by stimulation of the dorsomedial part of the ventromedial hypothalamus (dmVMH) with 9nmol of NMDA, abolished the non-oriented/explosive escape and freezing responses elicited by the stimulation of the dmVMH. Nonetheless, the rats still showed oriented escape to the burrow. On the other hand, when the blockade of the dmVMH with CoCl2 was followed by stimulation of the dPAG with 6nmol of NMDA, no effect was observed either on the non-oriented/explosive escape or on the freezing behaviour organised by the dPAG. Furthermore, Fos protein-labelled neurons were observed in the dPAG after the stimulation of the dmVMH with 9nmol of NMDA. Additionally, when the anterograde neurotracer biotinylated dextran amine (BDA) was deposited in the dmVMH subsequent stimulation of the dmVMH produced BDA-labelled neural fibres with terminal boutons surrounding Fos-labelled neurons in the dPAG, suggesting synaptic contacts between dmVMH and dPAG neurons for eliciting panic-like behavioural responses. The current data suggest that the dPAG is the key structure that organises non-oriented/explosive escape reactions associated with panic attack-like behaviours.

journal_name

Behav Brain Res

journal_title

Behavioural brain research

authors

Ullah F,Dos Anjos-Garcia T,Mendes-Gomes J,Elias-Filho DH,Falconi-Sobrinho LL,Freitas RL,Khan AU,Oliveira R,Coimbra NC

doi

10.1016/j.bbr.2016.11.026

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-02-15 00:00:00

pages

135-147

eissn

0166-4328

issn

1872-7549

pii

S0166-4328(16)31062-2

journal_volume

319

pub_type

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Connexions between the dorsomedial division of the ventromedial hypothalamus and the dorsal periaqueductal grey matter are critical in the elaboration of hypothalamically mediated panic-like behaviour.