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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 265: E609-E616, 1993;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 265, Issue 4 E609-E616, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of insulin on the cardiovascular integrating mechanisms of brain stem in cats

S. W. Kuo, J. H. Hsieh, W. C. Wu, H. T. Horng, L. R. Shian and C. Y. Chai
Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

In 65 cats anesthetized with alpha-chloralose and urethane, the effects of insulin on cardiovascular responses to stimulation of various structures in the brain stem were studied. The threshold dose of insulin injected intravenously that produced systemic hypoglycemia was 5-10 U/kg. Subthreshold hypoglycemic doses of insulin were used intracerebroventricularly (0.25 U/kg) or intracerebrally (2 mU in 200 nl). Sixty minutes after intravenous insulin, when serum glucose concentrations decreased from 158 to 43 mg/100 ml, pressor responses to stimulation of the periaqueductal gray of midbrain (PAG), locus coeruleus (LC), dorsal medulla (DM), ventrolateral medulla (VLM), and parvocellular reticular nucleus (PVC) decreased significantly. Depressor and bradycardiac response to stimulation of paramedian reticular nucleus or dorsal motor nucleus of vagus (DMV) decreased significantly as well. Thirty minutes after intracerebroventricular insulin, pressor responses of PAG, DM, and the bradycardiac response of DMV decreased significantly. Thirty minutes after intracerebral insulin, pressor responses and renal nerve activities of LC (but not PAG), VLM, DM, and PVC decreased significantly. A similar but faster onset (5 min) of depression of cardiovascular responses on stimulating the LC, VLM, DM, and PVC was observed in another six acutely midcollicular-decerebrate cats recovered from halothane anesthesia. These findings suggest that insulin directly inhibits the vasomotor structures of the brain stem and decreases the pressor responses to stimulation.


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