ReviewPhysiology & behavior2020
Astrocytes in the nucleus of the solitary tract: Contributions to neural circuits controlling physiology.
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19 citing papers in PubMed.
- Cholecystokinin Induces CaThe European journal of neuroscience · 2026Article
- Acupuncture for Poststroke Dysphagia: An NTS-Centered Hypothesis-Generating Framework Linking the Brainstem Swallowing Network, Neuroimmune Regulation, and Vagal Anti-Inflammatory Signaling.Brain and behavior · 2026Review
- Development of Insulin and Leptin Resistance in the Mouse Brainstem with Age.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Article
- Complex dynamics of glutamate-induced calcium responses in astrocytes from the nucleus of the solitary tract of mice.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas · 2026Article
- Glial Plasticity and Metabolic Stability After Knockdown of Astrocytic Cx43 in the Dorsal Vagal Complex.Cells · 2025Article
- Reactive Oxidative Species in Carotid Body Chemoreception: Their Role in Oxygen Sensing and Cardiorespiratory Alterations Induced by Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Neonatal Chlamydia muridarum respiratory infection causes neuroinflammation within the brainstem during the early postnatal period.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2024Article
- Vagotomy blunts cardiorespiratory responses to vagal afferent stimulation via pre- and postsynaptic effects in the nucleus tractus solitarii.The Journal of physiology · 2024Article
- Synaptic mechanisms underlying the elevated sympathetic outflow in fructose-induced hypertension.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Lateral parabrachial nucleus astrocytes control food intake.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Gut-Brain Crosstalk and the Central Mechanisms of Orofacial Pain.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Chronic intermittent hypoxia enhances glycinergic inhibition in nucleus tractus solitarius.Journal of neurophysiology · 2022Article
- Acute Heart Failure, 90-Day Mortality, and Gravitational Ischemia in the Brain.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The ins and outs of the caudal nucleus of the solitary tract: An overview of cellular populations and anatomical connections.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2022Review
- Glial Modulation of Energy Balance: The Dorsal Vagal Complex Is No Exception.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- The Pathobiology of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Case for Neuroglial Failure.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2022Article
- Increased Prostaglandin E2 in Brainstem Respiratory Centers Is Associated With Inhibition of Breathing Movements in Fetal Sheep Exposed to Progressive Systemic Inflammation.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Unilateral vagotomy alters astrocyte and microglial morphology in the nucleus tractus solitarii of the rat.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2021Article
- Glutamatergic plasticity within neurocircuits of the dorsal vagal complex and the regulation of gastric functions.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2021Review
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Abstract
The nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) is the primary brainstem centre for the integration of physiological information from the periphery transmitted via the vagus nerve. In turn, the NTS feeds into downstream circuits regulating physiological parameters. Astrocytes are glial cells which have key roles in maintaining CNS tissue homeostasis and regulating neuronal communication. Recently an increasing number of studies have implicated astrocytes in the regulation of synaptic transmission and physiology. This review aims to highlight evidence for a role for astrocytes in the functions of the NTS. Astrocytes maintain and modulate NTS synaptic transmission contributing to the control of diverse physiological systems namely cardiovascular, respiratory, glucoregulatory, and gastrointestinal. In addition, it appears these cells may have a role in central control of feeding behaviour. As such these cells are a key component of signal processing and physiological control by the NTS.
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