PMID: 9435630Jan 22, 1998Paper

Extracellular serotonin changes in VLM during muscle contraction: effects of 5-HT1A-receptor activation

The American Journal of Physiology
G AsmundssonAhmmed Ally

Abstract

This study determined whether muscle contraction causes an increase in extracellular levels of serotonin (5-HT) in the rostral (rVLM) or caudal ventrolateral medulla (cVLM) in anesthetized rats. Muscle contraction, evoked by tibial nerve stimulation, increased mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) by 27 +/- 4 mmHg (n = 8). In addition, 5-HT levels in the rVLM were elevated by 65 +/- 9% during the contraction (n = 8). Results were similar over two repeated contractions. In contrast, muscle contraction increased MAP, but not 5-HT, levels in the cVLM (n = 6). Tibial nerve stimulation after muscle paralysis had no effect on either MAP or 5-HT levels in both rVLM and cVLM. Microdialysis of a 5-HT1A agonist, 8-OH-DPAT (10 mM), into the rVLM for 30 min (n = 6) blunted the MAP change and reduced 5-HT release during contraction. Administration of NAN-190, a 5-HT1A antagonist, into the rVLM had no effect on 5-HT release and cardiovascular responses during muscle contraction and blocked the changes in 5-HT, MAP, and heart rate to static contraction after subsequent microdialysis of 8-OH-DPAT. Results demonstrate that 5-HT levels in the rVLM increase during muscle contraction and that 5-HT1A-receptor activation in the rVLM blunts MAP response...Continue Reading

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