Dorsal motor vagal neurons can elicit bradycardia and reduce anxiety-like behavior
Misty M. Strain, Nicholas J. Conley, Lily S. Kauffman, Liliana Espinoza, Stephanie Fedorchak, Patricia Castro Martinez, Maisie E. Crook, Maira Jalil, Georgia E. Hodes, Stephen B.G. Abbott, Ali D. Güler, John N. Campbell, Carie R. Boychuk
Abstract
. Chemogenetically activating DMV also caused significant bradycardia with a correlated reduction in anxiety-like behavior. Thus, DMV contains uniquely hyperexcitable CVNs and is capable of cardioinhibition and robust anxiolysis.
Topics & Concepts
Nucleus ambiguusVagus nerveBradycardiaDorsal motor nucleusNeuroscienceMedicineNodose GanglionVagal toneAutonomic functionAnesthesiaDorsumAutonomic nervous systemHeart ratePsychologyAnatomyInternal medicineMedulla oblongataHeart rate variabilityCentral nervous systemBlood pressureStimulationVagus Nerve Stimulation ResearchHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlNeuroscience of respiration and sleep