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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2011

Regulation of visceral sympathetic tone by A5 noradrenergic neurons in rodents.

Roy Kanbar, Seth D Depuy, Gavin H West, Ruth L Stornetta, Patrice G Guyenet

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Roy KanbarDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
Seth D Depuy
Gavin H West
Ruth L Stornetta
Patrice G Guyenet
University of Virginia · US

Funding

Retrotrapezoid nucleus and central chemoreceptionR01HL074011 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI GUYENET, PATRICE G. · 2003 to 2018
$6.6M
Organization of Central Sympathic PathwaysR01HL028785 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI STORNETTA, RUTH L · 1985 to 2020
$5.0M
ORGANIZATION OF CENTRAL SYMPATHETIC PATHWAYSR37HL028785 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI GUYENET, PATRICE G. · 1999 to 2008
$3.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL28785NHLBI NIH HHS HL74011NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL028785NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL074011NHLBI NIH HHS R37 HL028785
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ventrolateral pons contains the A5 group of noradrenergic neurons which regulate the circulation and probably breathing. The present experiments were designed to identify these neurons definitively in vivo, to examine their response to chemoreceptor stimuli (carotid body stimulation and changes in brain pH) and to determine their effects on sympathetic outflow. Bulbospinal A5 neurons, identified by juxtacellular labelling in anaesthetized rats, had a slow regular discharge, were vigorously activated by peripheral chemoreceptor stimulation with cyanide, but only mildly activated by hyperoxic hypercapnia (central chemoreceptor stimulation). The caudal end of the A5 region also contained neurons with properties reminiscent of retrotrapezoid neurons. These cells lacked a spinal axon and were characterized by a robust response to CO2. The pH sensitivity of A5 neurons, examined in brain slices from neonatal (postnatal days 6–10) tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-GFP transgenic mice, was about 10 times smaller than that of similarly recorded retrotrapezoid neurons. Selective stimulation of the A5 neurons in rats using channelrhodopsin optogenetics (A5 TH neurons represented 66% of transfected cells) produced fivefold greater activation of the renal nerve than the lumbar sympathetic chain. In summary, adult A5 noradrenergic neurons are vigorously activated by carotid body stimulation. This effect presumably contributes to the increase in visceral sympathetic nerve activity elicited by acute hypoxia. A5 neurons respond weakly to hypercapnia in vivo or to changes in pH in slices suggesting that their ability to sense local variations in brain pH or Pco₂ is limited.

Indexed as

AnimalsCarotid BodyChemoreceptor CellsMaleMiceMice, TransgenicNeuronsNorepinephrinePonsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySympathetic Fibers, PostganglionicVisceraNorepinephrine

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PMID21173073
PMCPMC3060369
OpenAlexW1530050272

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