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. 1994 Jun 1;477(Pt 2):321–329. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1994.sp020193

Cardiovascular and respiratory effects of stimulation of cell bodies of the parabrachial nuclei in the anaesthetized rat.

J P Lara 1, M J Parkes 1, L Silva-Carvhalo 1, P Izzo 1, M S Dawid-Milner 1, K M Spyer 1
PMCID: PMC1155631  PMID: 7932222

Abstract

1. In order to assess the importance of the parabrachial nuclei in modulating cardiorespiratory activity, electric current or microinjections of glutamate were used to stimulate discrete regions of the parabrachial nuclei in anaesthetized rats. 2. Stimulation of cell bodies in the medial region of the parabrachial nuclei and in the Kölliker-Fuse nuclei, caused an expiratory facilitatory response. This consisted mainly of a decrease in respiratory rate as measured by observing phrenic nerve activity. 3. Stimulation of cell bodies in the lateral region of the parabrachial nuclei caused an inspiratory facilitatory response. This consisted mainly of an increase in respiratory rate. 4. At the majority of sites (16 out of 20) where changes in respiratory rate were elicited by glutamate injection or electrical stimulation an increase in blood pressure was observed. The coexistence of increases in blood pressure and heart rate indicates the presence of inhibition of the heart rate component of the baroreflex and/or an increase in cardiac sympathetic drive. 5. The expiratory facilitatory response was not evoked reflexly by the rise in blood pressure since it was still present after administration of guanethidine, which abolished the rise in blood pressure. 6. The interactions between the parabrachial nuclei and the medullary respiratory complex in eliciting these changes are discussed.

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