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J Appl Physiol 94: 913-922, 2003. First published November 15, 2002; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00740.2002
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Vol. 94, Issue 3, 913-922, March 2003

Respiratory response to activation or disinhibition of the dorsal periaqueductal gray in rats

Linda F. Hayward, Camille L. Swartz, and Paul W. Davenport

Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, Florida 32601

The neural substrates mediating autonomic components of the behavioral defense response have been shown to reside in the periaqueductal gray (PAG). The cardiovascular components of the behavioral defense response have been well described and are tonically suppressed by GABAergic input. The ventilatory response associated with disinhibition of the dorsal PAG (dPAG) neurons is unknown. In urethane-anesthetized, spontaneously breathing rats, electrical stimulation of the dPAG was shown to decrease the expiration time and increase respiratory frequency, with no change in time of inspiration. Baseline and the change in diaphragm electromyograph also increased, resulting in an increase in neural minute activity. Microinjection of bicuculline methobromide, a GABAA-receptor antagonist, into the dPAG produced a similar response, which was dose dependent. Disinhibition of the dPAG also produced a decrease in inspiration time. These results suggest that GABAA-mediated suppression of dPAG neurons plays a role in the respiratory component of behavioral defense responses. The respiratory change is due in part to a change in brain stem respiratory timing and phasic inspiratory output. In addition, there is an increase in tonic diaphragm activity.

control of breathing; hyperventilation; hypertension


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