Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6282683 | Neuroscience Letters | 2013 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The knowledge of the mechanisms underlying circulating volume control may be achieved by stretching a balloon placed at the junction of the superior vena cava-right atrial junction (SVC-RAJ). We investigated whether the inflation of a balloon at the SVC-RAJ inhibits the intake of 0.3 M NaCl induced by GABAA receptor activation in the lateral parabrachial nucleus (LPBN) in euhydrated and satiated rats. Male Wistar rats (280-300 g) with bilateral stainless steel LPBN cannulae and balloons implanted at the SVC-RAJ were used. Bilateral injections of the GABAA receptor agonist muscimol (0.5 ηmol/0.2l) in the LPBN with deflated balloons increased intake of 0.3 M NaCl (30.1 ± 3.9 vs. saline: 2.2 ± 0.7) ml/210 min, n = 8) and water (17.7 ± 1.9 vs. saline: 2.9 ± 0.5 ml/210 min). Conversely, 0.3 M NaCl (27.8 ± 2.1 ml/210 min) and water (22.8 ± 2.3 ml/210 min) intake were not affected in rats with inflated balloons at the SVC-RAJ. The results show that sodium and water intake induced by muscimol injected into the LPBN was not affected by balloon inflation at the SVC-RAJ. We suggest that the blockade of LPBN neuronal activity with muscimol injections impairs inhibitory mechanisms activated by signals from cardiopulmonary volume receptors determined by balloon inflation.
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Authors
Caroline Gusson Shimoura, Silas Pereira Barbosa, Jose Vanderlei Menani, Juliana Irani Fratucci De Gobbi,