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Influence of cold stress on neuropeptide Y and sympathetic neurotransmission.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15992963     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Chronic cold stress of rats (4 degrees C; 1-3 weeks) induced a marked increase in gene expression (adrenal medulla; superior cervical ganglia), tissue content (mesenteric arterial bed) and nerve stimulation-induced overflow of NPY-immunoreactivity (NPYir) from the perfused mesenteric arterial bed. In contrast increased NPY neurotransmission was offset by an apparent decrease in the evoked overflow of norepinephrine (NE) due to a presumed deactivation of NE by nitric oxide (NO), despite increased sympathetic nerve activity. The net effect of these offsetting system was no change in basal or the evoked increase in perfusion pressure (sympathetic tone). It is concluded that differences in NPY and NE transmission act as an important compensatory mechanism preventing dramatic changes in arterial pressure when sympathetic nerve activity is high during cold stress.
Authors:
Songping Han; Xiaoli Chen; Chun-Lian Yang; Lillian Vickery; Yumei Wu; Linda Naes; Heather Macarthur; Thomas C Westfall
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural     Date:  2005-06-29
Journal Detail:
Title:  Peptides     Volume:  26     ISSN:  0196-9781     ISO Abbreviation:  Peptides     Publication Date:  2005 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-11-25     Completed Date:  2006-02-28     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8008690     Medline TA:  Peptides     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2603-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 South Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adaptation, Physiological*
Animals
Cold Temperature*
Evoked Potentials
Male
Mesenteric Arteries / innervation,  metabolism
Neuropeptide Y / biosynthesis*
RNA, Messenger / biosynthesis
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Stress, Physiological / metabolism*
Sympathetic Nervous System / metabolism*
Synaptic Transmission*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HL 60260/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; HL 61836/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Neuropeptide Y; 0/RNA, Messenger

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