Patrone LGA, Biancardi V, Marques DA, Bícego KC, Gargaglioni LH (2018) Brainstem catecholaminergic neurones and breathing control during postnatal development in male and female rats. J Physiol 596(15):3299-3325. doi: 10.1113/JP275731
Objective: To determine the role of the brainstem CA system in ventilatory control under normocapnic and hypercapnic conditions during different phases of development (P7-8, P14-15 and P20-21) in male and female Wistar rats.
Summary: Brainstem CA neurones produce a tonic inhibitory drive that affects breathing frequency in P7-8 rats and provide an inhibitory drive during hypercapnic conditions in both males and females at P7-8 and P14-15.
Usage: Anti-DBH-SAP (420 ng/μL – 1 μL for P0-1; 1.5 μL for P7-8; 2.0 μL for P13-14) was injected into the 4th ventricle of neonatal Wistar rats of both sexes. Control rats were injected with vehicle (PBS, 0.01 M, pH 7.4) or unconjugated saporin (Cat. #PR-01), with respective volumes for each age, as described for the Anti-DBH-SAP group. All injections were performed using a microinjector pump over a period of 5 min to allow drug diffusion.
Related Products: Anti-DBH-SAP (Cat. #IT-03), Saporin (Cat. #PR-01)