Neuronal Activity Within the Ventrolateral Periaqueductal Gray During Simulated Hemorrhage in Conscious Rabbits.
From: Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center and Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA. schadtj@missouri.edu
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology
- Publish Date: Mar 2006
- ISSN: 0363-6119
- Volume: 290
- Issue: 3
- Pages: R715-25
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Schadt James C, Shafford Heidi L, McKown Michael D, et al. Neuronal Activity Within the Ventrolateral Periaqueductal Gray During Simulated Hemorrhage in Conscious Rabbits.. Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. Mar 2006;290:R715-25
Abstract
The ventrolateral (vl) periaqueductal gray (PAG) has been proposed as a site responsible for the active process triggering the onset of hypotension (i.e., phase 2) during blood loss in conscious animals (Cavun S and Millington WR. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 281: R747-R752, 2001). We recorded the extracellular activity of PAG neurons in conscious rabbits to test the hypothesis that vlPAG neurons change their firing frequency before the onset of hypotension during simulated hemorrhage. Arterial and venous catheters, an intrathoracic vena caval occluder, and midbrain microelectrodes on a microdrive were implanted in 10 rabbits. During simulated hemorrhage, the occluder was inflated until arterial pressure < or = 40 mmHg. We compared changes in neuronal activity during simulated hemorrhage with those during a similar length control period for 64 vlPAG and 29 dorsolateral (dl) PAG neurons. Arterial pressure pulse modulation of neuronal activity was present in 45 and 76% of vlPAG and dlPAG neurons, respectively. When we evaluated the absolute change in activity, thus accounting for both increases and decreases, simulated hemorrhage had a significant effect on activity of vlPAG but not dlPAG neurons. The majority (56%) of vlPAG neurons did not appear to respond to simulated hemorrhage. Of the 28 responsive vlPAG neurons, 11 showed an abrupt change in firing frequency during the time interval preceding the onset of hypotension; 13 responded after the onset of hypotension; and 4 showed a consistent direction of change across the entire simulated hemorrhage. Thus 24 (38%) of the vlPAG neurons recorded responded at a time consistent with a contribution to the hypotension associated with simulated hemorrhage.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Action Potentials, Animals, Blood Pressure, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Consciousness, Disease Models, Animal, Hypotension, Neurons, Periaqueductal Gray, Rabbits
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