Blood pressure responses to local application of serotonergic agents in the nucleus tractus solitarii

European Journal of Pharmacology
W A WolfW Lovenberg

Abstract

The effects of serotonin applied directly to the region of the medulla oblongata which contains the nucleus tractus solitarii, nucleus intercalatus, nucleus originis dorsalis vagi and the nucleus originis nervi hypoglossi were investigated in anesthetized rats. A dose dependent increase in blood pressure with variable changes in heart rate was observed after unilateral application of serotonin into the nucleus tractus solitarius. The serotonergic antagonists, 2-bromolysergic acid diethylamide (locally applied) and metergoline (systemically administered) significantly attenuated the serotonin-induced pressor response. Fluoxetine, a serotonin uptake inhibitor, significantly enhanced the magnitude of the pressor response, but did not prolong it. The present data suggest that enhancement of serotonergic activity in the region of the nucleus tractus solitarius produces a neurogenic pressor response.

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