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Article Dans Une Revue Brain Research Année : 2000

Postnatal changes in Fos-like immunoreactivity evoked by hypoxia in the rat brainstem and hypothalamus.

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We have recently used Fos expression in adult rats to map neuronal populations activated in the brainstem and hypothalamus during the acute ventilatory response to moderate hypoxia (O(2) 11%). Although present at birth, this response evolves postnatally. The present investigation aimed at a better understanding of these maturational processes by delineating structures that might functionally develop after birth. The developmental pattern Fos expression evoked by hypoxia was analysed in rats aged from 0 to 26 postnatal days. The numbers of Fos positive neurons markedly increased with the age in the medullary areas related to respiratory control during the 2 first postnatal weeks. Thereafter, the response plateaued in the nucleus tractus solitarius and attenuated in the ventral medulla. In the upper brainstem (parabrachial area, central grey) and the hypothalamus (posterior and dorsomedial nuclei, ventral zone), Fos response to hypoxia was absent or weak at birth and increased until late development. The significance of the development of evoked Fos expression in these rostral sites is discussed together with their possible contribution to the maturation of O(2)-sensitive chemoreflex pathways.
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hal-00287797 , version 1 (12-06-2008)

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  • HAL Id : hal-00287797 , version 1
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P. Berquin, F. Cayetanot, F. Gros, N. Larnicol. Postnatal changes in Fos-like immunoreactivity evoked by hypoxia in the rat brainstem and hypothalamus.. Brain Research, 2000, 877 (2), pp.149-59. ⟨hal-00287797⟩
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