| Literature DB >> 7912160 |
T Garrick1, M Prince, H Yang, G Ohning, Y Taché.
Abstract
The role of thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) in the dorsal vagal complex (DVC) in mediating the enhanced gastric contractility induced by glutamate (100 pmol) microinjected into the raphe pallidus (Rpa) was investigated in urethane-anesthetized rats acutely implanted with miniature strain gauge force transducers on the corpus of the stomach. Glutamate-induced stimulation of gastric contractility was dose-dependently inhibited by bilateral microinjection into the DVC of TRH antibody (0.17, 0.85 or 1.7 micrograms/100 nl/site) but not by vehicle. TRH antibody microinjected into the dorsal medullary reticular field had no effect. These data indicate that activation of Rpa neurons by glutamate increases gastric motor function through TRH release in the DVC.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7912160 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)91035-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252