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Hypotensive effects of neuromedin U microinjected into the cardiovascular-related region of the rat nucleus tractus solitarius. 2003

Yuji Tsubota, and Nobuyuki Kakimoto, and Kyoko Owada-Makabe, and Kazunori Yukawa, and Xiang-Ming Liang, and Masatoshi Mune, and Masanobu Maeda
Department of Physiology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama City, Japan.

Neuromedin U (NMU) is a brain-gut peptide with potent contractile effects on the uterus and smooth muscle. Intracerebroventricular injection of NMU reportedly decreased food intake and body-weight gain in the rat. We evaluated the effects of NMU delivered by microinjection into the rat nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) on cardiovascular responses. At the concentrations used (5, 10 or 50 pmol), the intra-NTS injection of NMU in artificial cerebrospinal fluid produced a significant reduction in both the mean arterial pressure and heart rate. The hypotensive responses were dose dependent. Our findings suggest that NMU may act as a neurotransmitter or neuromodulative substance that causes excitation of neurons in the NTS and that it may play a role in cardiovascular regulation in vivo.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007022 Hypotension Abnormally low BLOOD PRESSURE that can result in inadequate blood flow to the brain and other vital organs. Common symptom is DIZZINESS but greater negative impacts on the body occur when there is prolonged depravation of oxygen and nutrients. Blood Pressure, Low,Hypotension, Vascular,Low Blood Pressure,Vascular Hypotension
D008297 Male Males
D008845 Microinjections The injection of very small amounts of fluid, often with the aid of a microscope and microsyringes. Microinjection
D009479 Neuropeptides Peptides released by NEURONS as intercellular messengers. Many neuropeptides are also hormones released by non-neuronal cells. Neuropeptide
D002319 Cardiovascular System The HEART and the BLOOD VESSELS by which BLOOD is pumped and circulated through the body. Circulatory System,Cardiovascular Systems,Circulatory Systems
D006339 Heart Rate The number of times the HEART VENTRICLES contract per unit of time, usually per minute. Cardiac Rate,Chronotropism, Cardiac,Heart Rate Control,Heartbeat,Pulse Rate,Cardiac Chronotropy,Cardiac Chronotropism,Cardiac Rates,Chronotropy, Cardiac,Control, Heart Rate,Heart Rates,Heartbeats,Pulse Rates,Rate Control, Heart,Rate, Cardiac,Rate, Heart,Rate, Pulse
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D017208 Rats, Wistar A strain of albino rat developed at the Wistar Institute that has spread widely at other institutions. This has markedly diluted the original strain. Wistar Rat,Rat, Wistar,Wistar Rats
D017552 Solitary Nucleus GRAY MATTER located in the dorsomedial part of the MEDULLA OBLONGATA associated with the solitary tract. The solitary nucleus receives inputs from most organ systems including the terminations of the facial, glossopharyngeal, and vagus nerves. It is a major coordinator of AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM regulation of cardiovascular, respiratory, gustatory, gastrointestinal, and chemoreceptive aspects of HOMEOSTASIS. The solitary nucleus is also notable for the large number of NEUROTRANSMITTERS which are found therein. Nucleus Solitarius,Nuclei Tractus Solitarii,Nucleus Tractus Solitarii,Nucleus of Solitary Tract,Nucleus of Tractus Solitarius,Nucleus of the Solitary Tract,Solitary Nuclear Complex,Solitary Tract Nucleus,Complex, Solitary Nuclear,Complices, Solitary Nuclear,Nuclear Complex, Solitary,Nuclear Complices, Solitary,Nuclei Tractus Solitarius,Nucleus Tractus Solitarius,Nucleus, Solitary,Nucleus, Solitary Tract,Solitarii, Nuclei Tractus,Solitarius Nucleus, Tractus,Solitarius, Nuclei Tractus,Solitary Nuclear Complices,Tractus Solitarii, Nuclei,Tractus Solitarius Nucleus,Tractus Solitarius, Nuclei
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus

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