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Abstract
Ethanol administered i.v. or into the nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) of rats anaesthetized with urethane inhibits baroreflex bradycardia elicited by phenylephrine. This effect is prevented or reduced by pretreatment of rats with 3-mercaptopropionic acid, bicuculline, or RO 15-4513. Intra-NTS injection of muscimol also inhibits baroreflex bradycardia and causes a pressor response which is potentiated by intra-NTS ethanol. It is proposed that ethanol inhibits baroreflex bradycardia, at least in part, by potentiating the action of endogenous gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) at GABAA receptors in the NTS or its vicinity.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 1964817 PMCID: PMC1917857 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1990.tb14155.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Pharmacol ISSN: 0007-1188 Impact factor: 8.739