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ReviewExperimental physiology2018

C1 neurons: a nodal point for stress?

Ruth L Stornetta, Patrice G Guyenet

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Review in Experimental physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Androgen receptors in corticotropin-releasing hormone neurons mediate the sexual dimorphism in restraint-induced thymic atrophy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  7. Adrenergic C1 neurons enhance anxiety via projections to PAG.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  13. Stress and the "extended" autonomic system.Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical · 2021
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  14. VLM catecholaminergic neurons control tumor growth by regulating CD8Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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  15. Diversity of reticulospinal systems in mammals.Current opinion in physiology · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ruth L StornettaDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7278-8923
Patrice G GuyenetDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1739-2306
University of Virginia · US

Funding

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 R01 HL028785NHLBI NIH HHS R37 HL028785
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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findingsWhat is the topic of this review? The C1 neurons (C1) innervate sympathetic and parasympathetic preganglionic neurons plus numerous brain nuclei implicated in stress, arousal and autonomic regulations. We consider here the contribution of C1 to stress-induced responses. What advances does it highlight? C1 activation is required for blood pressure stability during hypoxia and mild hemorrhage which exemplifies their homeostatic function. During restraint stress, C1 activate the splenic anti-inflammatory pathway resulting in tissue protection against ischemic injury. This effect, along with glucose release and, possibly, arousal are examples of adaptive non-homeostatic responses to stress that are also mediated by C1. The C1 cells are catecholaminergic and glutamatergic neurons located in the rostral ventrolateral medulla. Collectively, these neurons innervate sympathetic and parasympathetic preganglionic neurons, the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and countless brain structures involved in autonomic regulation, arousal and stress. Optogenetic inhibition of rostral C1 neurons has little effect on blood pressure (BP) at rest in conscious rats but produces large reductions in BP when the animals are anaesthetized or exposed to hypoxia. Optogenetic C1 stimulation increases BP and produces arousal from non-rapid eye movement sleep. C1 cell stimulation mimics the effect of restraint stress to attenuate kidney injury caused by renal ischaemia-reperfusion. These effects are mediated by the sympathetic nervous system through the spleen and eliminated by silencing the C1 neurons. These few examples illustrate that, depending on the nature of the stress, the C1 cells mediate adaptive responses of a homeostatic or allostatic nature.

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AnimalsArousalBlood PressureCatecholaminesGlutamic AcidMedulla OblongataNeuronsSympathetic Nervous SystemCatecholaminesGlutamic Acidanti-inflammatory reflexautonomic nervous systemcardiovascular homeostasis

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PMID29080216
PMCPMC5832554
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