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Optimal interaction of respiratory and thermal regulation at rest and during exercise: role of a serotonin-gated spinoparabrachial thermoafferent pathway.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19770073     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Recent evidence indicates that the lateral parabrachial nucleus (LPBN) in dorsolateral pons is pivotal in mediating the feedback control of inspiratory drive by central chemoreceptor input and feedforward control of body temperature by cutaneous thermoreceptor input. The latter is subject to descending serotonergic inhibition which gates the transmission of ascending thermoafferent information from spinal dorsal horn to the LPBN. Here, a model is proposed which suggests that the LPBN may be important in balancing respiratory and thermal homeostasis, two conflicting goals that are heightened by environmental heat/cold stress or exercise where the effects of respiratory thermolysis become prominent. This optimization model of respiratory-thermoregulatory interaction is supported by a host of recent studies which demonstrate that animals with serotonin (5-HT) dysfunction at the spinal dorsal horn--due to 5-HT antagonism, genetic 5-HT defects or spinal cord injury--all display similar respiratory abnormalities that are consistent with hyperactivity of the spinoparabrachial thermoafferent (and pain) pathway.
Authors:
Chi-Sang Poon
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Review     Date:  2009-09-19
Journal Detail:
Title:  Respiratory physiology & neurobiology     Volume:  169     ISSN:  1878-1519     ISO Abbreviation:  Respir Physiol Neurobiol     Publication Date:  2009 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-11-25     Completed Date:  2010-02-24     Revised Date:  2011-09-26    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101140022     Medline TA:  Respir Physiol Neurobiol     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  234-42     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bldg E25-250, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. cpoon@mit.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Afferent Pathways / physiology
Animals
Body Temperature Regulation / physiology*
Exercise / physiology*
Humans
Models, Biological
Pons / physiology*
Respiration
Rest*
Serotonin / genetics,  metabolism*
Spinal Cord / physiology*
Spinal Cord Injuries / genetics,  metabolism
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HL067966/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; HL072849/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; HL079503/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL067966-05A2/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL072849-04/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL079503-04/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL079503-04S1/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
50-67-9/Serotonin

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