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Provedor de dados: 	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Glutamatergic transmission in the nucleus tractus solitarii: from server to peripherals in the cardiovascular information superhighway	
Data: 	1997-01-01	
Ano: 	1997	
Palavras-chave: 	Glutamate; Nucleus tractus solitarii; Baroreceptor reflex; Cardiovascular; Vagus; Mechanoreceptors.	
Resumo: 	Afferent nerves carrying signals from mechanoreceptors in the aortic arch and carotid sinus terminate predominantly in the nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS). Signal transduction and neurotransmission in the NTS are critical for central cardiovascular reflex control, but little was known about either until the late 1970's. None of the numerous neuroactive chemicals found in the NTS had met strict criteria as a neurotransmitter in the baroreflex arc until data suggested that the excitatory amino acid L-glutamate (GLU) might be released from baroreceptor afferent terminals in the NTS. In anesthetized animals microinjection into the NTS of GLU, which can be demonstrated in terminals in the NTS, produces cardiovascular responses like those seen with activation of the baroreceptor reflex. Similar responses occur in awake animals if the chemoreceptor reflex is eliminated; otherwise, in conscious animals responses mimic those of chemoreceptor reflex activation. GLU is released in the NTS upon selective activation of the baroreceptor, and possibly the chemoreceptor, reflex. Responses to selective agonists as well as baroreflex responses are eliminated by GLU antagonists microinjected into the NTS. Non-NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartic acid) receptors seem to predominate at primary baroreceptor synapses in the NTS while NMDA receptors may be involved at later synapses. Although inhibition of soluble guanylate cyclase attenuates responses to ionotropic glutamate agonists in the NTS, nitric oxide does not seem to play a role in glutamate transmission in the NTS. GLU may also participate in transmission at cardiovascular neurons beyond the NTS. For example, a role has been suggested for GLU in the ventrolateral medulla and spinal cord. Work continues concerning GLU signal transduction and mechanisms that modulate that transduction both at the NTS and at other cardiovascular nuclei	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/other	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1997000100001	
Editor: 	Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica	
Relação: 	10.1590/S0100-879X1997000100001	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.30 n.1 1997	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess