Opposing control of the respiratory brainstem on multiple timescales achieved by transmitter co-release from the locus coeruleus
Varga, A. G.; Reid, B. T.; Maletz, S. N.; Dossat, A. M.; Levitt, E. S.
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The locus coeruleus (LC) provides widespread noradrenergic (NAergic) modulation throughout the brain to influence a wide range of functions, including breathing. Although both anatomical and physiological evidence supports the involvement of the LC in both the upstream integration and the downstream modulation of breathing, the circuitry behind the latter is unknown. Here, we show that NAergic LC neurons send projections to the K[o]lliker-Fuse nucleus (KF), a critical site in the control of breathing. Long duration activation of NAergic LC neuron terminals in pontine slices induces persistent inhibitory and excitatory NA currents or increases firing rate in postsynaptic KF neurons. Short stimulation on the other hand leads to the VGluT2-dependent release of glutamate that may be co-released with NA in a monosynaptic circuit. Together these results demonstrate that LC neurons can exert flexible, opposing effects on different timescales via glutamatergic and NAergic signaling onto a key respiratory brainstem nucleus.
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