Coexistence of Neurons Integrating Urinary Bladder Activity and Pelvic Nerve Activity in the Same Cardiovascular Areas of the Pontomedulla in Cats

Shu-Ying Chen；Chok-Yung Chai

glutamate ； pelvic nerve activities ； pressor areas ； sacral parasympathetic system

The Chinese Journal of Physiology

45卷1期（2002 / 03 / 01）

41 - 50

英文

The present study examines the coexistence of neurons in the same cardiovascular point of the pontomedulla that integrates urinary bladder (UB) motility, and pelvic nerve activity (PNA). Microinjection of monosodium L-glutamate (Glu) into the locus coeruleus (LC), the gigantocellular tegmental field (FTG), the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM), and the dorsomedial medulla (DM) produced pressor responses, whereas injection into the lateral tegmental field (FTL), the nucleus of tractus solitarii (NTS), and the caudal ventrolateral medulla (CVLM) produced depressor responses. However, microinjection of Glu into the dorsomotor nucleus of the vagus (DMV) and the ambiguus nucleus (AN), where the vagus nerve originates, produced marked bradycardia. Many of these cardiovascular responses were accompanied by increased, or decreased parasympathetic PNA. In six animals, sympathetic renal nerve activity (RNA) and PNA also increased simultaneously during the pressor response. The present study also examines the connection between the DMV-AN and the sacral intermediolateral column (IML), where parasympathetic preganglionic neurons (PGNs) of the pelvic nerve located. Biotinylated dextran amine (BDA), an anterograde tracer, was iontophoretically injected into the DMV or AN. No labelled terminal or neuron was detected in the sacral IML, but labelled terminals were observed in the bilateral LC, and also in the bilateral sides of the FTG, FTL, RVLM, DM, and CVLM. These results suggest that neurons of the DMV and/or AN may indirectly regulate the sacral parasympathetic PGNs through the LC for supraspinal control of the pelvic nerve. Furthermore, these results also suggest the coexistence of multiple autonomic integrating mechanisms of different kinds within various cardiovascular areas of the pontomedulla.

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