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  • Title: Lack of effect of age on the cardiovascular response to neuropeptide Y injection in the rat nucleus tractus solitarius.
    Author: Morris MJ, Pavia JM.
    Journal: Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol; 1997 Feb; 24(2):162-5. PubMed ID: 9075590.
    Abstract:
    1. Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is colocalized with catecholamines in central regions involved in blood pressure regulation and exerts depressor responses in the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS). Ageing is accompanied by a decline in baroreflex function and a reduction in NPY concentrations in some brain areas. The present study investigated whether the cardiovascular response to NPY microinjection into the NTS and medullary NPY concentrations were conserved in aged rats. 2. Neuropeptide Y (6 pmol in 100 nL) unilaterally injected into the NTS of anaesthetized 3- or 17-month-old male Sprague-Dawley rats produced a prompt 9-10% fall in mean arterial pressure (MAP), which tended to last longer in aged rats. Decreases in heart rate (HR) observed following NPY administration into the NTS were modest but more prolonged than the depressor responses. ANOVA with repeated measures demonstrated no significant effect of age on the MAP or HR response to NPY injection into the NTS. Neuropeptide Y concentrations in the dorsomedial and ventrolateral medulla were not different between the two age groups. 3. Thus, the depressor and bradycardic responses to exogenous NPY administration in the NTS were maintained with age, in keeping with the observation of similar medullary NPY concentrations in adult and aged rats.
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