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Slow but Steady-The Responsiveness of Sympathoadrenal System to a Hypoglycemic Challenge in Ketogenic Diet-Fed Rats. Nutrients 2021; 13:nu13082627. [PMID: 34444787 PMCID: PMC8398867 DOI: 10.3390/nu13082627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 07/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The sympathoadrenal counterregulatory response to hypoglycemia is critical for individuals with type 1 diabetes due to impaired ability to produce glucagon. Ketogenic diets (KD) are an increasingly popular diabetes management tool; however, the effects of KD on the sympathoadrenal response are largely unknown. Here, we determined the effects of KD-induced ketosis on the sympathoadrenal response to a single insulin-induced hypoglycemic challenge. We investigated how a 3 week KD feeding regimen affected the main components of the sympathoadrenal counterregulatory response: adrenal sympathetic nerve activity (ASNA), adrenal gland activity, plasma epinephrine, and brainstem glucose-responsive C1 neuronal activation in anesthetized, nondiabetic male Sprague-Dawley rats. Rats on KD had similar blood glucose (BG) levels and elevated ketone body β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) levels compared to the control Chow diet group. All KD rats responded to hypoglycemia with a robust increase in ASNA, which was initiated at significantly lower BG levels compared to Chow-fed rats. The delay in hypoglycemia-induced ASNA increase was concurrent with rapid disappearance of BHB from cerebral and peripheral circulation. Adrenal gland activity paralleled epinephrine and ASNA response. Overall, KD-induced ketosis was associated with initiation of the sympathoadrenal response at lower blood glucose levels; however, the magnitude of the response was not diminished.
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Etemadi L, Pettersson LME, Danielsen N. UVB irradiation induces rapid changes in galanin, substance P and c-fos immunoreactivity in rat dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord. Peptides 2017; 87:71-83. [PMID: 27923581 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2016.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Revised: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Recent studies have shown that UVB irradiation induces primary and secondary hyperalgesia in rats and humans peaking about 24h after UVB exposure. In the present study we investigated the changes in galanin, substance P and c-fos immunoreactivity in rat DRG and spinal cord at the L5 level 2-96h after UVB irradiation. UVB irradiation of the heel area in rats almost increased the skin blood flow two-fold 24h after irradiation as measured by laser Doppler technique. UVB irradiation induced a significant reduction of the proportion of galanin positive DRG neurons for all time points, except at 12h. In the spinal cord, UVB irradiation induced increased immunoreactivity for galanin in the dorsal horn, the area around the central canal and interestingly also in the lateral spinal nucleus 12-96h after exposure. For substance P the proportion of substance P positive neurons was unchanged but UVB irradiation induced increased substance P immunoreactivity in the dorsal part of the spinal cord 48h after irradiation. UVB irradiation also induced c-fos immunoreactivity in the dorsal horn and the area around the central canal 24 and 48h after exposure. This translational model of UVB irradiation will induce rapid changes of neuropeptides implicated in nociceptive signaling in areas known to be of importance for nociception in a time frame, about 24h after exposure, where also neurophysiological alteration have been described in humans and rats.
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- Leila Etemadi
- Neuronano Research Center, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
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- Neuronano Research Center, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Neuronano Research Center, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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pSer40 tyrosine hydroxylase immunohistochemistry identifies the anatomical location of C1 neurons in rat RVLM that are activated by hypotension. Neuroscience 2016; 317:162-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Revised: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Holstein GR, Friedrich VL, Martinelli GP. Projection neurons of the vestibulo-sympathetic reflex pathway. J Comp Neurol 2015; 522:2053-74. [PMID: 24323841 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2013] [Revised: 11/19/2013] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Changes in head position and posture are detected by the vestibular system and are normally followed by rapid modifications in blood pressure. These compensatory adjustments, which allow humans to stand up without fainting, are mediated by integration of vestibular system pathways with blood pressure control centers in the ventrolateral medulla. Orthostatic hypotension can reflect altered activity of this neural circuitry. Vestibular sensory input to the vestibulo-sympathetic pathway terminates on cells in the vestibular nuclear complex, which in turn project to brainstem sites involved in the regulation of cardiovascular activity, including the rostral and caudal ventrolateral medullary regions (RVLM and CVLM, respectively). In the present study, sinusoidal galvanic vestibular stimulation was used to activate this pathway, and activated neurons were identified through detection of c-Fos protein. The retrograde tracer Fluoro-Gold was injected into the RVLM or CVLM of these animals, and immunofluorescence studies of vestibular neurons were conducted to visualize c-Fos protein and Fluoro-Gold concomitantly. We observed activated projection neurons of the vestibulo-sympathetic reflex pathway in the caudal half of the spinal, medial, and parvocellular medial vestibular nuclei. Approximately two-thirds of the cells were ipsilateral to Fluoro-Gold injection sites in both the RVLM and CVLM, and the remainder were contralateral. As a group, cells projecting to the RVLM were located slightly rostral to those with terminals in the CVLM. Individual activated projection neurons were multipolar, globular, or fusiform in shape. This study provides the first direct demonstration of the central vestibular neurons that mediate the vestibulo-sympathetic reflex.
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- Gay R Holstein
- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, 10029; Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, 10029
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Effect of acute and chronic bilateral visual deafferentation on c-Fos immunoreactivity in the visual system of adult rats. Exp Brain Res 2013; 229:595-607. [DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3623-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2012] [Accepted: 06/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Tanaka K, Shimizu T, Lu L, Nakamura K, Yokotani K. Centrally administered bombesin activates COX-containing spinally projecting neurons of the PVN in anesthetized rats. Auton Neurosci 2012; 169:63-9. [PMID: 22537831 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2012.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2011] [Revised: 03/23/2012] [Accepted: 03/28/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus has a heterogenous structure containing different types of output neurons that project to the median eminence, posterior pituitary, brain stem autonomic centers and sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the spinal cord. Presympathetic neurons in the PVN send mono- and poly-synaptic projections to the spinal cord. In the present study using urethane-anesthetized rats, we examined the effects of centrally administered bombesin (a homologue of the mammalian gastrin-releasing peptide) on the mono-synaptic spinally projecting PVN neurons pre-labeled with a retrograde tracer Fluoro-Gold (FG) injected into T8 level of the spinal cord, with regard to the immunoreactivity for cyclooxygenase (COX) isozymes (COX-1/COX-2) and Fos (a marker of neuronal activation). FG-labeled spinally projecting neurons were abundantly observed in the dorsal cap, ventral part and posterior part of the PVN. The immunoreactivity of each COX-1 and COX-2 was detected in FG-labeled spinally projecting PVN neurons in the vehicle (10 μl of saline/animal, i.c.v.)-treated group, while bombesin (1 nmol/animal, i.c.v.) had no effect on the number of these immunoreactive neurons for each COX isozyme with labeling of FG. On the other hand, the peptide significantly increased the number of double-immunoreactive neurons for Fos and COX-1/COX-2 with FG-labeling in the PVN (except triple-labeled neurons for FG, COX-2 and Fos in the dorsal cap of the PVN), as compared to those of vehicle-treated group. These results suggest that centrally administered bombesin activates spinally projecting PVN neurons containing COX-1 and COX-2 in rats.
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- Kenjiro Tanaka
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan.
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Furmaga H, Sadhu M, Frazer A. Comparison of ΔFosB immunoreactivity induced by vagal nerve stimulation with that caused by pharmacologically diverse antidepressants. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2012; 341:317-25. [PMID: 22286499 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.111.188953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) has been approved for treatment of refractory depression. However, there have been few, if any, studies directly comparing the effects produced by VNS in animals with those caused by antidepressants, particularly using clinically relevant stimulation parameters in nonanesthetized animals. In this study, ΔFosB immunohistochemistry was used to evaluate different brain regions activated by long-term administration of VNS. Effects of VNS were compared with those caused by sertraline or desipramine (DMI). Double-labeling of ΔFosB and serotonin was used to determine whether serotonergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) were activated by long-term VNS. VNS significantly increased ΔFosB staining in the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), parabrachial nucleus (PBN), locus ceruleus (LC), and DRN, as well as in many cortical and limbic areas of brain including those involved in mood and cognition. Most, but not all, of these effects were seen also upon long-term treatments of rats with sertraline or DMI. Some areas where VNS increased ΔFosB (e.g., the NTS, PBN, LC, and peripeduncular nucleus) were not affected significantly by either drug. Sertraline was similar to VNS in causing an increase in the DRN whereas DMI did not. Double-labeling of the DRN with ΔFosB and an antibody for serotonin revealed that only a small percentage of ΔFosB staining in the DRN colocalized with serotonergic neurons. The effects of VNS were somewhat more widespread than those caused by the antidepressants. The increases in ΔFosB produced by VNS were either equivalent to and/or more robust than those seen with antidepressants.
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- Havan Furmaga
- Department of Pharmacology, the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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The role of trigeminal interpolaris-caudalis transition zone in persistent orofacial pain. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2011; 97:207-25. [PMID: 21708312 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385198-7.00008-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Previous studies have established the role of the medullary dorsal horn or the subnucleus caudalis of the spinal trigeminal complex, a homolog of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, in trigeminal pain processing. In addition to the medullary dorsal horn, recent studies have pointed out increased excitability and sensitization of trigeminal interpolaris and caudalis transition zone (Vi/Vc) following deep orofacial injury, involving neuron-glia-cytokine interactions. The Vi/Vc transition zone accesses rostral brain regions that are important for descending pain modulation, and somatovisceral and somatoautonomic processing and plays a unique role in coordinating trigeminal nocifensive responses.
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Rapid maxillary expansion causes neuronal activation in brain structures of rats. Brain Res Bull 2008; 76:396-401. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2007] [Revised: 03/05/2008] [Accepted: 03/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Wei S, Lei M, Tong M, Ding J, Han Q, Xiao M. Acute baroreceptor unloading evokes Fos expression in anesthetized rat brain. Brain Res Bull 2008; 76:63-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2007] [Revised: 11/04/2007] [Accepted: 12/06/2007] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Springell DA, Costin NS, Pilowsky PM, Goodchild AK. Hypotension and short-term anaesthesia induce ERK1/2 phosphorylation in autonomic nuclei of the brainstem. Eur J Neurosci 2006; 22:2257-70. [PMID: 16262664 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04413.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The aims of this study were: first, to investigate the effects of anaesthesia on phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (p-ERK)1/2-immunoreactivity (-ir) in the brainstem; second, to choose the best anaesthetic for p-ERK1/2 studies; and third, to determine the effect of short-term hypotension on p-ERK1/2-ir in the brainstem. Rats were anaesthetized with halothane, sodium pentobarbital or 100% CO2 narcosis, or were cervically dislocated and within 5 min perfused and the brains processed immunohistochemically for pERK1/2-ir. p-ERK1/2-ir was primarily observed in regions associated with cardiovascular and/or respiratory control. Several regions consistently showed dense p-ERK1/2 labelling, including a restricted region of the ventrolateral medulla (VLM). In contrast, other regions showed differential labelling depending on the mode of death. Cervical dislocation showed the least VLM labelling, limited to a discrete area approximately 0.6-1.4 mm caudal to the facial nucleus. Anaesthetics induced labelling throughout the VLM, with halothane inducing the most. Many p-ERK1/2-ir VLM neurons were catecholaminergic following halothane or sodium pentobarbital anaesthesia, but no double labelling was seen following cervical dislocation. Of the anaesthetics, sodium pentobarbital induced the least labelling and was used subsequently. Intravenous hydralazine was used to induce a 20-min period of hypotension, whereas arterial pressure did not change in vehicle-treated animals. Hydralazine evoked more pERK-ir neurons in specific regions, including the VLM, nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), parabrachial nuclei, Kolliker-Fuse nucleus and locus coeruleus. Approximately twice as many p-ERK1/2-positive neurons were seen in the intermediate NTS and rostral VLM following hydralazine compared with the vehicle. In conclusion, p-ERK1/2-ir identifies neurons in central autonomic regions, and their number and distribution are markedly affected by anaesthetics, and are increased in some regions by short-term hypotension.
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- Deborah A Springell
- Hypertension and Stroke Research Laboratories, Departments of Physiology and Neurosurgery and Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW, Australia
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Lazovic J, Wrzos HF, Yang QX, Collins CM, Smith MB, Norgren R, Matyas K, Ouyang A. Regional activation in the rat brain during visceral stimulation detected by c-fos expression and fMRI. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2005; 17:548-56. [PMID: 16078944 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2005.00655.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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AIM The aim of the study was to determine and compare the areas of brain activated in response to colorectal distention (CRD) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and c-fos protein expression. METHODS For fMRI study (3.0 T magnet), anaesthetized rats underwent phasic CRD, synchronized with fMRI acquisition. Stimulation consisted of eight cycles of balloon deflation (90 s) and inflation (30 s), at 40, 60 or 80 mmHg of pressure. For c-fos study two sets of experiments were performed on anaesthetized rats: comparing (A) brain activation in rats with the inserted colorectal balloon (n = 5), to the rats without the balloon (n = 5); and (B) rats with inserted balloon (n = 10), to the rats with inserted and distended balloon (n = 10). The pressure of 80 mmHg was applied for 2 h of 30 s inflation and 90 s deflation, alternating cycles. RESULTS Functional MRI revealed significant activation in the amygdala, hypothalamus, thalamus, cerebellum and hippocampus. Significant increase in c-fos expression was observed in amygdala and thalamus in the first set of experiments, and hypothalamus and parabrachial nuclei in the second. CONCLUSION The two methods are not interchangeable but appeared to be complementary: fMRI was more sensitive, whereas c-fos had much greater resolution.
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- J Lazovic
- Department of Radiology, Center for NMR Research, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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Gestreau C, Dutschmann M, Obled S, Bianchi AL. Activation of XII motoneurons and premotor neurons during various oropharyngeal behaviors. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2005; 147:159-76. [PMID: 15919245 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2005.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2004] [Revised: 03/11/2005] [Accepted: 03/13/2005] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Neural control of tongue muscles plays a crucial role in a broad range of oropharyngeal behaviors. Tongue movements must be rapidly and accurately adjusted in response to the demands of multiple complex motor tasks including licking/mastication, swallowing, vocalization, breathing and protective reflexes such as coughing. Yet, central mechanisms responsible for motor and premotor control of hypoglossal (XII) activity during these behaviors are still largely unknown. The aim of this article is to review the functional organization of the XII motor nucleus with particular emphasis on breathing, coughing and swallowing. Anatomical localization of XII premotor neurons is also considered. We discuss results concerned with multifunctional activity of medullary and pontine populations of XII premotor neurons, representing a single network that can be reconfigured to produce different oromotor response patterns. In this context, we introduce new data on swallowing-related activity of XII (and trigeminal) motoneurons, and finally suggest a prominent role for the pontine Kölliker-Fuse nucleus in the control of inspiratory-related activity of XII motoneurons supplying tongue protrusor and retrusor muscles.
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- Christian Gestreau
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Neurovégétative, UMR CNRS 6153 INRA 1147, Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III, Av. Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France.
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Athanassiadis T, Olsson KA, Kolta A, Westberg KG. Identification of c-Fos immunoreactive brainstem neurons activated during fictive mastication in the rabbit. Exp Brain Res 2005; 165:478-89. [PMID: 15887006 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-2319-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2004] [Accepted: 02/16/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In the present study we used the expression of the c-Fos-like protein as a "functional marker" to map populations of brainstem neurons involved in the generation of mastication. Experiments were conducted on urethane-anesthetized and paralyzed rabbits. In five animals (experimental group), rhythmical bouts of fictive masticatory-like motoneuron activity (cumulative duration 60-130 min) were induced by electrical stimulation of the left cortical "masticatory area" and recorded from the right digastric motoneuron pool. A control group of five animals (non-masticatory) were treated in the same way as the experimental animals with regard to surgical procedures, anesthesia, paralysis, and survival time. To detect the c-Fos-like protein, the animals were perfused, and the brainstems were cryosectioned and processed immunocytochemically. In the experimental group, the number of c-Fos-like immunoreactive neurons increased significantly in several brainstem areas. In rostral and lateral areas, increments occurred bilaterally in the borderzones surrounding the trigeminal motor nucleus (Regio h); the rostrodorsomedial half of the trigeminal main sensory nucleus; subnucleus oralis-gamma of the spinal trigeminal tract; nuclei reticularis parvocellularis pars alpha and nucleus reticularis pontis caudalis (RPc) pars alpha. Further caudally-enhanced labeling occurred bilaterally in nucleus reticularis parvocellularis and nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis (Rgc) including its pars-alpha. Our results provide a detailed anatomical record of neuronal populations that are correlated with the generation of the masticatory motor behavior.
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- T Athanassiadis
- Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section for Physiology, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden
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Xue B, Skala K, Jones TA, Hay M. Diminished baroreflex control of heart rate responses in otoconia-deficient C57BL/6JEi head tilt mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2004; 287:H741-7. [PMID: 15059776 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01023.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The maintenance of stable blood pressure during postural changes is known to involve integration of vestibular and cardiovascular central regulatory mechanisms. Sensory activity in the vestibular system plays an important role in cardiovascular regulation. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of vestibular gravity receptors in normal baroreflex function. Baroreflex heart rate (HR) responses to changes in blood pressure (BP) in otoconia-deficient head tilt (het) mice (n = 8) were compared with their wild-type littermates (n = 12). The study was carried out in conscious male mice chronically implanted with arterial and venous catheters for recording BP and HR and for the infusion of vasoactive drugs. Resting HR was higher in the het mice (661 +/- 13 beats/min) than in the wild-type mice (579 +/- 20 beats/min). BP was comparable in the het (113 +/- 4 mmHg) and wild-type mice (104 +/- 4 mmHg). The slopes of reflex decreases in HR in response to phenylephrine (PE) were blunted in the het mice (-5.5 +/- 1.5 beats x min(-1) x mmHg(-1)) compared with the wild-type mice (-8.5 +/- 0.9 beats x min(-1) x mmHg(-1)). Likewise, reflex tachycardic responses to decreases in BP with sodium nitroprusside (SNP) were significantly blunted in the het mice (-0.8 +/- 0.3 beats x min(-1) x mmHg(-1)) versus the wild-type mice (-2.2 +/- 0.6 beats x min(-1) x mmHg(-1)). Frequency-domain analysis of the HR variability suggests that under resting conditions, parasympathetic contribution was lower in the het versus wild-type mice. Mapping of the expression of immediate-early gene product, c-Fos, in forebrain and brain stem nuclei in response to a BP challenge showed no differences between the wild-type and het mice. These results suggest that tonic activity of gravity receptors modulates and is required for normal function of the cardiac baroreflexes.
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- Baojian Xue
- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center and Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Strömberg I, Hansson AC, Rimondini R, Sommer W. c-fos antisense oligonucleotides increase firing rate of striatal neurons in the anaesthetized rat. Brain Res 2004; 1000:192-4. [PMID: 15053967 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.10.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/21/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Extracellular electrophysiological recordings were used to study the firing rate of striatal neurons before and up to 4 h after intrastriatal c-fos antisense oligonucleotide injections in urethane-anesthetized rats. A four-fold increase from baseline neuronal activity was observed between 1 and 3 h upon antisense treatment, but not after control oligonucleotide injections. We conclude that, under urethane anesthesia, which here does not affect c-fos expression in the striatum by itself, neuronal activity appears to be tonically suppressed by basal striatal c-fos expression.
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- Ingrid Strömberg
- Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Roda F, Pio J, Bianchi AL, Gestreau C. Effects of anesthetics on hypoglossal nerve discharge and c-Fos expression in brainstem hypoglossal premotor neurons. J Comp Neurol 2004; 468:571-86. [PMID: 14689487 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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This study examined the effects of anesthesia on the hypoglossal nerve and diaphragm activities and on c-Fos expression in brainstem hypoglossal premotor neurons (pmXII). Experiments were performed in 71 rats by using halothane inhalation, pentobarbital sodium, or mixtures of alpha-chloralose and urethane or ketamine and xylazine. First, various cardiorespiratory parameters were measured in the rats (n = 31) during both awake and anesthetized conditions. The volatile anesthetic halothane, but not the other anesthetics, was always associated with a strong phasic inspiratory activity in the hypoglossal nerve. Second, a double-immunohistochemical study was performed in awake and anesthetized rats (n = 40) to gauge the level of activity of pmXII neurons. Brainstem pmXII neurons were identified after microiontophoresis of the retrograde tracer Fluoro-Gold in the right hypoglossal motor nucleus. Patterns of c-Fos expression at different brainstem levels were compared in five groups of rats (i.e., awake or anesthetized with halothane, pentobarbital, chloralose-urethane, and ketamine-xylazine). Sections were processed for double detection of c-Fos protein and Fluoro-Gold by using the standard ABC method and a two-color peroxidase technique. Anesthesia with halothane induced the strongest c-Fos expression in a restricted pool of pmXII located in the pons at the level of the Kölliker-Fuse nucleus and the intertrigeminal region. The results demonstrated a major effect of halothane in inducing changes in hypoglossal activity and revealed a differential expression of c-Fos protein in pmXII neurons among groups of anesthetized rats. We suggest that halothane mediates changes in respiratory hypoglossal nerve discharge by altering activity of premotor neurons in the Kölliker-Fuse and intertrigeminal region.
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- Fabrice Roda
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Neurovégétative, UMR Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 6153, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique 1147, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Saint Jérôme, 13397 Marseille 20, France
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Magdalena CM, Navarro VP, Park DM, Stuani MBS, Rocha MJA. C-fos expression in rat brain nuclei following incisor tooth movement. J Dent Res 2004; 83:50-4. [PMID: 14691113 DOI: 10.1177/154405910408300110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In the rat experimental model, molar tooth movement induced by Waldo's method is known to cause a temporally and spatially defined pattern of brain neuronal activation. Since orthodontic correction usually involves the entire dental arch, we used a spring-activated appliance to extend the investigation to incisors, and we included brain regions related to antinociception. Adjustment of the non-activated appliance on incisors resulted in c-fos expression in the dorsal raphe, peri-aqueductal gray matter, and the locus coeruleus, in addition to trigeminal sensory subnuclei and the parabrachial nucleus, where neuronal activation has already been detected in previous studies on molar tooth movement. Appliance activation with a 70-g force resulted in a further increase in Fos-immunoreactive neurons in the trigeminal sensory subnucleus caudalis and in the dorsal raphe. This result suggests that there is a recruitment of neurons related to nociception and to antinociception when tooth movement is increased.
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- C M Magdalena
- Department of Morphology, Stomatology and Physiology, Dental School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Avenida do Café s/n, CEP 14040-904, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Jiang CH, Hermanson O. Cooling of the urinary bladder activates neurons in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. Neuroreport 2004; 15:351-5. [PMID: 15076767 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200402090-00028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Although visceral innocuous cold receptors have been documented, the central termination of their afferents is unknown. We used menthol solution (0.6 mM) to obtain selective activation of cold receptors in the urinary bladder of rats. Innocuous cold stimulation induced Fos expression in a population of neurons in the superficial dorsal horn of L6-S1 segments of the spinal cord. Neurons in other regions of the spinal cord, e.g. the lumbar parasympathetic nucleus or the dorsal commissure region, were activated to a similar degree by menthol and control infusions, indicating a response to bladder filling. Our results are consistent with the proposal that subsets of modality-specific dorsal horn neurons convey specific information regarding the exteroceptive and interoceptive state of the animal.
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- Chong-He Jiang
- Department of Biomedicine and Surgery, Linköping University, SE-581 85 Linköping, Sweden.
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Dampney RAL, Horiuchi J. Functional organisation of central cardiovascular pathways: studies using c-fos gene expression. Prog Neurobiol 2003; 71:359-84. [PMID: 14757116 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2003.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Until about 10 years ago, knowledge of the functional organisation of the central pathways that subserve cardiovascular responses to homeostatic challenges and other stressors was based almost entirely on studies in anaesthetised animals. More recently, however, many studies have used the method of the expression of immediate early genes, particularly the c-fos gene, to identify populations of central neurons that are activated by such challenges in conscious animals. In this review we first consider the advantages and limitations of this method. Then, we discuss how the application of the method of immediate early gene expression, when used alone or in combination with other methods, has contributed to our understanding of the central mechanisms that regulate the autonomic and neuroendocrine response to various cardiovascular challenges (e.g., hypotension, hypoxia, hypovolemia, and other stressors) as they operate in the conscious state. In general, the results of studies of central cardiovascular pathways using immediate early gene expression are consistent with previous studies in anaesthetised animals, but in addition have revealed other previously unrecognised pathways that also contribute to cardiovascular regulation. Finally, we briefly consider recent evidence indicating that immediate early gene expression can modify the functional properties of central cardiovascular neurons, and the possible significance of this in producing long-term changes in the regulation of the cardiovascular system both in normal and pathological conditions.
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- R A L Dampney
- Department of Physiology and Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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Kim MS, Hyo Kim J, Kry D, Ae Choi M, Ok Choi D, Gon Cho B, Jin YZ, Ho Lee S, Park BR. Effects of acute hypotension on expression of cFos-like protein in the vestibular nuclei of rats. Brain Res 2003; 962:111-21. [PMID: 12543461 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)03977-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The expression and regional distribution of cFos protein, which is an oncogene product and metabolic marker of neural excitation, were investigated in the vestibular nuclear complex following acute hypotension in adult Sprague-Dawley rats. Intravenous administration of nitroprusside elicited a 10-50% reduction in mean blood pressure for 10 min. Unilateral or bilateral chemical labyrinthectomies were performed 14 days before the start of the experiment to eliminate afferent signals from the peripheral vestibular receptors in the inner ear. All of the animals were sacrificed and the tissues were fixed 2 h after the onset of acute hypotension using the cardiac perfusion method for c-Fos immunohistochemical staining. The cFos-like immunoreactive (cFLI) neurons were expressed selectively in the central area of the medial vestibular nucleus following a 10% reduction in blood pressure. Once the blood pressure had fallen by 30%, bilateral expression of cFLI neurons was observed in the superior, medial, and spinal vestibular nuclei, but not in the lateral vestibular nucleus, of control rats with intact labyrinths. The expression of cFLI neurons increased proportionately with reductions in blood pressure. In unilaterally labyrinthectomized rats, acute hypotension induced the expression of cFLI neurons in vestibular nuclei contra lateral to the injured labyrinth, but not in the ipsilateral vestibular nuclei. However, cFLI neurons were not expressed in bilateral vestibular nuclei following acute hypotension in bilateral labyrinthectomized rats. These results suggest that afferent signals from the peripheral vestibular receptors are essential for cFos protein expression in the vestibular nuclei following acute hypotension.
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- Min Sun Kim
- Department of Physiology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan 570-749, South Korea
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Otake K, Nakamura Y. Sites of action of thyrotropin-releasing hormone on central nervous system neurons revealed by expression of the immediate-early gene c-fos in the rat. Neuroscience 2000; 95:1167-77. [PMID: 10682723 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(99)00519-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Centrally administered thyrotropin-releasing hormone produces a number of physiological and behavioral changes, e.g., a general antidepressant effect, increasing body temperature, and elevated blood pressure. However, the specific brain sites of action responsible for the centrally activating property of thyrotropin-releasing hormone have not been precisely determined. Using chloral hydrate-anesthetized adult Sprague-Dawley rats, we compared the distribution of Fos-like immunoreactivity after intracerebroventricular administration of thyrotropin-releasing hormone with the results after intracerebroventricular injection of vehicle alone. Some rats were paralysed and artificially ventilated to avoid possible Fos expression secondarily induced by autonomic (e.g., respiratory) disturbances. In thyrotropin-releasing hormone administered rats, selective Fos-like immunoreactivity was observed in V/VI layers of the pre- and infralimbic areas of the medial prefrontal cortex, the ventral midline thalamus, and the nucleus of the solitary tract as well as in the adjacent reticular formation. Fos-like immunoreactivity was significantly reduced in most areas of the cerebral cortex (II/III layers), the shell of the nucleus accumbens, the medial amygdaloid nucleus, parts of the hypothalamus, and the periaqueductal gray. These data suggest that various behavioral and autonomic responses induced by centrally administered thyrotropin-releasing hormone might be produced through the complex neural circuitry comprising the above structures, which are presumed to be implicated in limbic and/or autonomic functions.
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- K Otake
- Department of Systems Neuroscience, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Japan
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Leman S, Viltart O, Sequeira H. Expression of Fos protein in adrenal preganglionic neurons following chemical stimulation of the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rat. Brain Res 2000; 854:189-96. [PMID: 10784121 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)02343-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The ventrolateral medulla is known to be involved in the regulation of arterial blood pressure, especially via its connections with sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPNs) mainly located in the intermediolateral nucleus of the spinal cord. It has been shown that stimulation of the rostral part of the ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) elicits a release of catecholamines from the adrenal medulla. The aim of the present study was to demonstrate the existence of a functional pathway between the RVLM and adrenal SPNs using the combination of a retrograde tract tracing technique (cholera toxin B subunit) with the immunohistochemical detection of Fos protein following the chemical stimulation of RVLM. The data obtained showed that: (1) chemical stimulation of the RVLM induced Fos immunoreactivity in the intermediolateral nucleus and particularly in SPNs projecting to the adrenal medulla; (2) along the thoracic segments T2-T12, 26.1% of retrogradely identified adrenal SPNs were Fos-immunoreactive with the greatest percentage (30.9%) in the T8 segment. These results favored a functional control of the RVLM on adrenal SPNs which may contribute to a substantial activation of the cardiovascular system via the release of adrenal catecholamines.
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- S Leman
- Laboratoire de Neurosciences du Comportement, Université de Lille I, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Imbe H, Dubner R, Ren K. Masseteric inflammation-induced Fos protein expression in the trigeminal interpolaris/caudalis transition zone: contribution of somatosensory-vagal-adrenal integration. Brain Res 1999; 845:165-75. [PMID: 10536195 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)01913-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The effects of vagotomy and adrenalectomy on the expression of Fos protein in brainstem neurons following the inflammation of masseter muscle were examined in order to differentiate the Fos activation related to nociceptive processing in contrast to that due to somatoautonomic processing. The inflammation was induced by a unilateral injection of complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) into the masseter muscle under methohexital anesthesia after a small skin-cut (S-cut). After the CFA injection, Fos positive neurons were identified in bilateral spinal trigeminal nucleus (VSP), nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), ventrolateral medulla (VLM) and inferior medial olivary nucleus (IOM). At the level of the trigeminal subnucleus interpolaris/caudalis (Vi/Vc) transition zone, there was a selective induction of Fos-like immunoreactivity (LI) in the VSP and NTS, when compared to control rats (anesthesia with or without S-cut). A major portion of the Fos-LI in the VSP at the level of the caudal Vc was apparently activated by S-cut. Bilateral adrenalectomy or a unilateral vagotomy resulted in a selective reduction of inflammation-induced Fos-LI in the VSP at the Vi/Vc transition zone (P<0.05) and NTS (P<0.05), but had less effect on Fos-LI in the caudal Vc. These results suggest that the inflammation of the masseter muscle, an injury of orofacial deep tissue, results in a widespread change in neuronal activity in the VSP and NTS that depends in part on the integrity of the adrenal cortex and vagus. Thus, in addition to somatotopically organized nociceptive responses, orofacial deep tissue injury also is coupled to somatovisceral and somatoautonomic processing that contribute to central neural activation.
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- H Imbe
- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, School of Dentistry, Room 5A26, 666 West Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21201-1586, USA
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