The effects of GABAA receptor blockade in the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus on corticotrophin (ACTH) and corticosterone secretion in male rats

Brain Research
S R Keim, A Shekhar

Abstract

Experiments were conducted to test if blockade of GABAA receptors in the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus (DMH) of rats, which is known to elicit cardiovascular and anxiety responses, would also elicit changes in the plasma levels of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) and corticosterone. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were anesthetized with pentobarbital, fitted with femoral arterial catheters and implanted with microinjection cannulae into the DMH or the sites anterior to the DMH (i.e., closer to the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus). The rats were then injected with either artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF; 100 nl) or the GABAA antagonist, bicuculline methiodide (BMI; 50 pmol in 100 nl) and their plasma samples obtained at 5, 30, 60, and 120 min after microinjection. Plasma ACTH and corticosterone were measured by using a radioimmunoassay. Rats injected with BMI, but not aCSF, into the DMH showed significant increases in heart rate (HR, 110 +/- 16 beats/min), blood pressure (BP; 30 +/- 4 mmHg), and plasma levels of both ACTH (64 +/- 10 pg/ml) and corticosterone (170 +/- 25 ng/ml) from baseline. BMI injections into the anterior sites closer to the PVN did not elicit significant increases in HR, BP, or plasma lev...Continue Reading

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