Abstract
Metabolism of certain amino acid neurotransmitters such as glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) are closely linked in the brain to CO2 fixation and H+ metabolism. Additionally they may also affect central modulation of cardiorespiratory function. Therefore central cardiorespiratory effects of L-glutamate were determined in lightly anesthetized dogs using ventriculocisternal perfusion with artificial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (pH 7.25-7.28) containing 30 or 60 mM glutamate at a flow rate of 1.0 ml/min for 20 min followed by perfusion with artificial CSF alone. Tidal volume and minute ventilation increased with 60 mM glutamate, as did respiratory drive. These changes returned to normal with mock CSF perfusion. Glutamate (30 mM) had no significant effect on ventilation. At both concentrations, glutamate significantly increased mean femoral arterial pressure and mean pulmonary arterial pressure, which was accompanied by bradycardia. All these increases rapidly returned to normal with mock CSF perfusion. Cardiac output and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure did not change with glutamate perfusion. The results suggest that glutamate may have a significant central excitatory role in modulation of ventilatory drive as well as of hemodynamic functions.
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