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J Appl Physiol 67: 1814-1819, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 67, Issue 5 1814-1819, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Respiratory effects of N-methyl-D-aspartate on the ventrolateral medullary surface

J. Mitra, N. R. Prabhakar, J. L. Overholt and N. S. Cherniack
Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.

We studied the central effects of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) on respiration in 18 artificially ventilated cats anesthetized with alpha-chloralose. Unilateral topical application of NMDA (1 x 10(-8) mol) to the intermediate region of the ventrolateral medulla exaggerates the phrenic response to CO2 at end-tidal PCO2 levels of less than 50.0 Torr. At higher end-tidal PCO2 levels, however, such differences disappear. Unilateral NMDA application increases the activity of the right and left phrenic nerves equally. Furthermore, the magnitude of the phrenic response after unilateral application of NMDA was not different from that after bilateral application. NMDA also had a vasopressor action when applied to the ventrolateral medullary surface. In contrast to respiratory responses, bilateral application of NMDA caused a significant increase in blood pressure compared with unilateral application of NMDA. Application of the NMDA antagonist 2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid abolished both the blood pressure and respiratory effects of NMDA. These results suggest that CO2 and NMDA may act on a common respiratory premotoneuron to produce stimulation of breathing. Because blood pressure responses, unlike respiratory responses, were greater after bilateral application than after unilateral application of NMDA, it is suggested that the neural substrates for the two effects of NMDA seem to be different.


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