REDUCTIONS IN BLOOD-PRESSURE, HEART-RATE AND RENAL SYMPATHETIC-NERVE DISCHARGE IN CATS AFTER CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION OF MUSCIMOL, A GABA AGONIST
REDUCTIONS IN BLOOD-PRESSURE, HEART-RATE AND RENAL SYMPATHETIC-NERVE DISCHARGE IN CATS AFTER CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION OF MUSCIMOL, A GABA AGONIST
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DOI:
10.1016/0028-3908(78)90065-5
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
TAYLOR, DG
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作者:
ANTONACCIO, MJ;KERWIN, L;TAYLOR, DG
Muscimol, a central GABA receptor agonist, casued dose-related reductions in blood pressure and heart rate when administered intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) to anesthetized cats (0.1-1.0 .mu.g/kg). Renal sympathetic nerve discharge (RSND) was inhibited at 0.3 and 1.0 .mu.g/kg (i.c.v.). No effects were observed after the i.v. of muscimol administration. Bicuculline, a GABA receptor antagonist, completely reversed the effects of muscimol on blood pressure, heart rate and RSND, the most consistent, rapid and dramatic effects being observed after i.v. rather than i.c.v. administration. Pictrotoxin reversed the effects of muscimol but the results were more variable than after bicuculline. Strychnine, a glycine receptor antagonist, and physostigmine, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, had no significant effects on the inhibition caused by muscimol. Muscimol was even more effective in baroreceptor denervated cats, than in non-denervated cats, probably as a result of the loss of compensatory reflex mechanisms. Central stimulation of GABA receptors by muscimol resulted in marked reductions in blood pressure, heart rate and RSND which were specifically antagonized by GABA receptor antagonists.