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ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2016

Brain stem as a target site for the metabolic side effects of olanzapine.

Imran J Anwar, Kayoko Miyata, Andrea Zsombok

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Article in Journal of neurophysiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Supraventricular Tachycardia in an Adolescent with Acute Psychotic Disorder Treated with Olanzapine: A Rare Event Managed with Aripiprazole.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Imran J AnwarDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Kayoko MiyataDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Andrea ZsombokDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana azsombo@tulane.edu.
Tulane University · US

Funding

CENTER FOR NEUROANATOMY WITH NEUROTROPIC VIRUSES: COMPARATIVE MEDICINEP40RR018604 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI STRICK, PETER · 2004 to 2011
$6.5M
Translational Research in Hypertension and Renal BiologyP30GM103337 · NIGMS · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI NAVAR, LUIS GABRIEL · 2012 to 2016
$5.8M
TRPV1-Dependent Autonomic Control in DiabetesR01DK099598 · NIDDK · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI ZSOMBOK, ANDREA · 2014 to 2018
$2.0M
NCRR NIH HHS P40 RR-018604NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK-099598NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK099598NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM-103337NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM103337
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Olanzapine, an atypical antipsychotic, is widely prescribed for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder despite causing undesirable metabolic side effects. A variety of mechanisms and brain sites have been proposed as contributors to the side effects; however, the role of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve (DMV), which plays a crucial role in the regulation of subdiaphragmatic organs and thus governs energy and glucose homeostasis, is largely unknown. Identifying the effect of olanzapine on the excitability of DMV neurons in both sexes is thus crucial to understanding possible underlying mechanisms. Whole cell patch-clamp electrophysiological recordings were conducted in stomach- and liver-related DMV neurons identified with retrograde viral tracers and in random DMV neurons. The effect of olanzapine on the neuronal excitability of DMV neurons both in male and female mice was established. Our data demonstrate that olanzapine hyperpolarizes the DMV neurons in both sexes and this effect is reversible. The hyperpolarization is associated with decreased firing rate and input resistance. Olanzapine also decreases the excitability of a subset of stomach- and liver-related DMV neurons. Our study demonstrates that olanzapine has a powerful effect on DMV neurons in both sexes, indicating its ability to reduce vagal output to the subdiaphragmatic organs, which likely contributes to the metabolic side effects observed in both humans and experimental models. These findings suggest that the metabolic side effects of olanzapine may partially originate in the DMV.

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Action PotentialsAnimalsAntipsychotic AgentsBenzodiazepinesBrain StemFemaleLiverMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMotor NeuronsOlanzapineStomachVagus NerveAntipsychotic AgentsBenzodiazepinesOlanzapinedorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerveenergy homeostasisglucose homeostasisolanzapinepatch clamp

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PMID26719086
PMCPMC4808124
OpenAlexW2212003361

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