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    Evidence for neuronal release of isotopically labelled glycine from the rat ventral medullary surface in vivo
    (Assoc Bras Divulg Cientifica, 1996-04-01) deOliveira, CVR; Assumpção, Jurandyr D'Avila [UNIFESP]; Confessor, Yara Queiroga [UNIFESP]; Guertzenstein, Pedro Gaspar [UNIFESP]; Cravo, Sergio Luiz [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    Spontaneous and stimulus-induced release of isotopically labelled glycine was studied in the superfused rat dorsal or ventral medullary surface in vivo. Superfusion of the ventral medullary surface of anesthetized (urethane, 1.2 g/kg, ip) male adult Wistar rats (250-350 g) with high K+ (40 mM) surrogate cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) produced an average increase of 45% over the spontaneous efflux of exogenously applied glycine (N = 5, P<0.01). In experiments in which the calcium of the CSF was replaced by an equimolar amount of magnesium, the increase in glycine efflux in response to high K+ was reduced to 15%, a value not statistically different from that observed in control experiments (N = 6). Veratridine stimulation evoked a large (80%) increase in glycine efflux (N = 5, P<0.001), which was inhibited by tetrodotoxin. High potassium or veratridine failed to modify spontaneous release of glycine on the dorsal medullary surface. Results obtained in control experiments showed that neither high K+ nor veratridine is effective in modifying spontaneous efflux of [H-3]-leucine or [H-3]-inulin on the ventral or dorsal medullary surface. These data support the hypothesis that glycine is a neurotransmitter on the ventral medullary surface and that it may be part of neural pathways involved in cardiorespiratory regulation present in this region.
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    Importance of glycinergic and glutamatergic synapses within the rostral ventrolateral medulla for blood pressure regulation in conscious rats
    (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999-10-01) Araujo, G. C.; Lopes, Oswaldo Ubriaco [UNIFESP]; Campos, Ruy Ribeiro [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    In this study we used a method that permits bilateral or unilateral microinjections of drugs into the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) of conscious, freely moving rats. There is only limited information about how sympathetic vasomotor tone is maintained by premotor RVLM neurons in conscious animals, It has long been known that glycine microinjection into the RVLM region leads to a decrease in blood pressure (BP) in anesthetized animals. In the present study we show that both unilateral and bilateral microinjection of glycine at the same dose used for anesthetized rats (50 nmol, 50 nL) into the RVLM increases BP-in conscious animals. A similar response was also observed when the excitatory amino acid L-glutamate was microinjected into the RVLM. The microinjection of kynurenic acid into the RVLM did not change the basal level of BP but blocked the increase in BP after glycine or glutamate microinjection. A decrease in BP was only observed when low doses of glycine were used (1 to 10 nmol). We conclude that, in conscious animals, the hypertension occurring in response to high doses of glycine into the RVLM is dependent on glutamatergic synapses within the RVLM. A decrease in BP observed when low doses of glycine were used shows that in conscious animals, the RVLM, in association with other premotor neurons, is probably responsible for the maintenance of sympathetic vasomotor tone, because glycine is less effective In decreasing BP under these circumstances than in anesthetized animals.