What this study adds?
- The antagonism of NMDA receptors within the IC potentiated the
restraint-evoked increases in both arterial pressure and heart rate.
- Spontaneous baroreflex analysis demonstrated that NMDA-receptors into
the IC decreased baroreflex activity during restraint stress.
- The decrease in tail skin temperature during restraint stress was
shifted to an increase in animals treated with the NMDA receptor
antagonist.