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:Connections between the midbrain dorsolateral periaqueductal grey (dlPAG) and the pontine A5 region have been shown. The stimulation of both regions evokes similar cardiovascular responses: tachycardia and hypertension. Accordingly, we have studied the interactions between dlPAG and A5 region in spontaneously breathing anesthetized rats. dlPAG was electrically stimulated (20-30 μA 1-ms pulses were given for 5 s at 100 Hz). Changes in the evoked cardiorespiratoy response were analysed before and after ipsilateral microinjections of muscimol (GABAergic agonist, 50 nl, 0.25 nmol, 5 s) within the A5 region. Electrical stimulation of the dlPAG produces, in the rat, a response characterized by tachypnoea (p < 0.001), hypertension (p < 0.001) and tachycardia (p < 0.001). The increase in respiratory rate was due to a decrease in expiratory time (p < 0.01). Pharmacological inhibition of the A5 region with muscimol produced a marked reduction of the tachycardia (p < 0.001) and the tachypnoea (p < 0.01) evoked from the dlPAG. Finally, to assess functional interactions between A5 and dlPAG, extracellular activity of putative A5 neurones were recorded during dlPAG electrical stimulation. Forty A5 cells were recorded, 16 of which were affected by dlPAG stimulation (40%). 4 cells showed activation, 5 cells excitation and 7 cells decreased spontaneous activity to dlPAG stimulation (p < 0.001). These results confirm a link between the A5 region and dlPAG. The potential role of these connections in the modulation of dlPAG evoked cardiorespiratory responses and their possible clinical implications are discussed.
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J Physiol Biochemjournal_title
Journal of physiology and biochemistryauthors
López-González MV,González-García M,Peinado-Aragonés CA,Barbancho MÁ,Díaz-Casares A,Dawid-Milner MSdoi
10.1007/s13105-020-00761-1subject
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2020-11-01 00:00:00pages
561-572issue
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