Capsaicin-sensitive area in the ventral surface of the rat medulla

Capsaicin sensitive structures were found near the ventral surface of the medulla, at the exit of hypoglossal nerve roots in acute experiments on rats. Injection of 5-50 nl 0.01% capsaicin to the rostral region of the capsaicin-sensitive area was accompanied by the increase of arterial pressure and heart rate while injection to the caudal region provoked the decrease of these parameters. By the end of the 2nd week, rostral and caudal ventrolateral medulla showed asymmetric distribution of NADPH-d-positive cells, suggesting involvement of nitric oxide in the neurochemical rearrangements within the brainstem.

Grantor dc:publisher

Institute of Physiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

Year dc:date

1996

Author dc:creator

• Koulchitsky, Stanislav

Contributors dc:contributor

• Gourine, Valery

• capsaicin
• brainstem
• blood pressure
• nitric oxide
• heart rate
• Life sciences
• Anatomy (cytology, histology, embryology...) & physiology
• Sciences du vivant
• Anatomie (cytologie, histologie, embryologie...) & physiologie

Statement dc:rights

• restricted access
• info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Licence

• http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

Language dc:language

en

Identifier

info:hdl:2268/213428

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:orbi.ulg.ac.be:2268/213428