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Hypothalamic network for thermoregulatory vasomotor control.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8048634     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Warming one side of a rat's preoptic area and anterior hypothalamus (POAH) causes skin vasodilation on both sides of the body, and the present study evaluated the extent to which signals mediating this vasodilation cross the midline within and below the POAH. Hind paw vasomotion during unilateral POAH thermal or electrical stimulation was measured for rats in which the POAH had been midsagittally transected and for rats in which one side of the hypothalamus had been coronally transected just below the POAH. In midsagittally transected rats, unilateral POAH thermal or electrical stimulation produced bilateral paw vasodilation, but the ipsilateral dilation occurred at a hypothalamic temperature lower than that at which contralateral dilation occurred. In the unilaterally transected rats, unilateral POAH warming produced bilateral vasodilation and, regardless of which side of the POAH was warmed, the threshold stimulus temperature was always lower for vasodilation on the intact side. Unilateral transection of a part of the hypothalamus that included the medial forebrain bundle had the same effect as did unilateral transection of the whole hypothalamus. Information controlling thermoregulatory vasomotion thus crosses the midline both within and below the POAH. Although efferent signals descending through the medial forebrain bundle innervate skin blood vessels on both sides of the body, this innervation is stronger on the ipsilateral side.
Authors:
K Kanosue; M Yanase-Fujiwara; T Hosono
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of physiology     Volume:  267     ISSN:  0002-9513     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Physiol.     Publication Date:  1994 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-09-01     Completed Date:  1994-09-01     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370511     Medline TA:  Am J Physiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  R283-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Brain Mapping
Denervation
Efferent Pathways / physiology
Electric Stimulation
Hot Temperature
Hypothalamus / physiology*
Male
Medial Forebrain Bundle / physiology
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Vasomotor System / physiology*

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