Bicuculline dialysis in the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) region stimulates breathing in the awake rat
Bicuculline dialysis in the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) region stimulates breathing in the awake rat
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10.1016/s0034-5687(00)00212-7
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发表时间:
2001-02-01
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Li, AH
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Nattie, E;Shi, J;Li, AH
Muscimol dialysis in the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) region of awake rats reduces tidal volume during air breathing and decreases chemoreception (Nattie, Li, 2000. J. Appl. Physiol., 89, 153-162). Is there an endogenous GABAergic inhibition of the RTN as for medullary respiratory and presser neurons? Bicuculline microdialysis (30 min; 1 mM) into the RTN region of awake rats reversibly increased tidal volume by 11-16% over the period from 10 to 60 min (P < 0.01; six rats). Ventilation increased but this was significant (P < 0.05) only at 5, 20, and 25 min as frequency tended to decrease during dialysis. The ventilatory response to 7% CO2 was unaffected (six rats); dialysis of vehicle alone over 4 h had no effect (five rats). II was concluded that in the awake rat there is ongoing endogenous modulation of RTN effects on tidal volume by a GABAergic process of unknown origin. The lack of effect on the response to systemic hypercapnia suggests that the RTN provides an ongoing endogenous drive to respiration by a process that is independent of its role in chemoreception. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.