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  • Title: Enhanced norepinephrine release in hypothalamus from locus coeruleus in SHR.
    Author: Kawasaki S, Takeda K, Tanaka M, Itoh H, Hirata M, Nakata T, Hayashi J, Oguro M, Sasaki S, Nakagawa M.
    Journal: Jpn Heart J; 1991 Mar; 32(2):255-62. PubMed ID: 1676763.
    Abstract:
    The hypothesis that a functional projection from the locus coeruleus (LC) to the posterior hypothalamus contributes to the development of hypertension in SHR, was tested by measuring norepinephrine (NE) in the posterior hypothalamus by brain dialysis after injections of L-glutamate (L-glu) into LC. L-glu elicited a prolonged elevation of blood pressure in both SHR and WKY. Pressor effects were significantly larger in SHR than in WKY. Extracellular NE in the posterior hypothalamus increased after LC stimulation; NE release was significantly higher in SHR than in WKY. Injections of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) into posterior hypothalamus lowered the resting blood pressure and attenuated the pressor responses to L-glu injections into the LC in SHR. These findings suggest that the LC projects functionally to the posterior hypothalamus and that the projection can contribute to the development of hypertension in SHR.
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