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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 257: R246-R251, 1989;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 257, Issue 1 246-R251, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Injection of muscimol into posterior hypothalamus blocks stress-induced tachycardia

M. Lisa, E. Marmo, J. H. Wible Jr and J. A. DiMicco
Department of Pharmacology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46223.

We have previously shown that the physiological and behavioral manifestations of emotional stress are produced when drugs impairing gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-mediated synaptic inhibition are injected into the posterior hypothalamic nucleus in rats [Wible, J.H., Jr., F.C. Luft, and J.A. DiMicco. Am. J. Physiol. 254 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 23): R680-R687, 1988]. The purpose of this study was to assess further the potential role of GABA receptors in this region in the response to stress using muscimol, a GABAA receptor agonist. In six chronically instrumented conscious rats, air stress after vehicle treatment evoked marked and sustained tachycardia (+130 +/- 14 beats/min at +10 min) accompanied by a less dramatic increase in arterial pressure (+14 +/- 3 mmHg). Microinjection of muscimol (10 ng; 88 pmol) at the same posterior hypothalamic site in which GABA blockade causes cardiovascular changes similar to those seen in stress produced a modest depression of cardiovascular function in unstressed animals (-28 +/- 5 beats/min and -6 +/- 3 mmHg). However, similar treatment with muscimol virtually abolished the stress-induced tachycardia in the same rats (+9 +/- 8 beats/min), while having no significant effect on baroreflex-evoked increases in heart rate caused by intravenous infusion of sodium nitroprusside (4 micrograms). These findings support a role for activation of neurons in the posterior nucleus of the hypothalamus in the generation of stress-induced cardiovascular changes and for control of this mechanism by local GABA receptors.


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