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ArticleExperimental gerontology2017

Does aging alter the molecular substrate of ionotropic neurotransmitter receptors in the rostral ventral lateral medulla? - A short communication.

Hitesh N Pawar, Sivasai Balivada, Michael J Kenney

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Article in Experimental gerontology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hitesh N PawarDepartment of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA. Electronic address: hnpawar@utep.edu.
Sivasai BalivadaDepartment of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
Michael J KenneyDepartment of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
The University of Texas at El Paso · US

Funding

Sympathetic Neural Regulation and Aging: Medullary Mechanisms and StrategiesR01AG041948 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI KENNEY, MICHAEL J · 2012 to 2015
$1.5M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG041948
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging alters sympathetic nervous system (SNS) regulation, although central mechanisms are not well understood. In young rats the rostral ventral lateral medulla (RVLM) is critically involved in central SNS regulation and RVLM neuronal activity is mediated by a balance of excitatory and inhibitory ionotropic neurotransmitters and receptors, providing the foundation for hypothesizing that with advanced age the molecular substrate of RVLM ionotropic receptors is characterized by upregulated excitatory and downregulated inhibitory receptor subunits. This hypothesis was tested by comparing the relative mRNA expression and protein concentration of RVLM excitatory (NMDA and AMPA) and inhibitory (GABA and glycinergic) ionotropic neurotransmitter receptor subunits in young and aged Fischer (F344) rats. Brains were removed from anesthetized rats and the RVLM-containing area was micropunched and extracted RNA and protein were subsequently used for TaqMan qRT-PCR gene expression and quantitative ELISA analyses. Bilateral chemical inactivation of RVLM neurons and peripheral ganglionic blockade on visceral sympathetic nerve discharge (SND) was determined in additional experiments. The relative gene expression of RVLM NMDA and AMPA glutamate-gated receptor subunits and protein concentration of select receptor subunits did not differ between young and aged rats, and there were no age-related differences in the expression of RVLM ionotropic GABA

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AgingAnimalsGene ExpressionMaleMedulla OblongataNeuronsRatsRats, Inbred F344Receptors, AMPAReceptors, NeurotransmitterReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateRNA, MessengerSympathetic Nervous SystemReceptors, AMPAReceptors, NeurotransmitterReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateRNA, MessengerAgingNeurotransmitter receptorsRVLMSympathetic nervous system regulation

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PMID28263869
PMCPMC5429889
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