Recent publications (2003-2009)

Horiuchi, J., McDowall, L.M., Dampney, R.A.L.  Vasomotor and respiratory responses evoked from the dorsolateral PAG are mediated by the dorsomedial hypothalamus.  Journal of Physiology, 2009;587:5149-5162.


Dampney, R.A.L.  Is the RVLM a key site for sex-related differences in blood pressure regulation?  Focus on ÒSex differences in angiotensin signaling in bulbospinal neurons in the rat rostral ventrolateral medullaÓ by Wang et al.  American Journal of Physiology, 2008;295:R1147-R1148.


Dampney, R.A.L.  Brain angiotensin and heart failure:  further evidence for a critical role of MAP kinases.  Hypertension, 2008;52:621-622.


Dampney, R.A.L., Horiuchi, J. and McDowall, L.M.  Hypothalamic mechanisms coordinating cardiorespiratory function during exercise and defensive behaviour.  Autonomic Neuroscience, 2008;42:3-10.


Horiuchi, J., McDowall, L.M. and Dampney, R.A.L.  Role of 5-HT1A receptors in the lower brainstem on the cardiovascular response to dorsomedial hypothalamus activation.  Autonomic Neuroscience.  2008;42:71-76.


Tan, P.S., Killinger, S., Horiuchi, J. and Dampney, R.A.L.  Baroreceptor reflex modulation by circulating angiotensin II is mediated by AT1 receptors in the nucleus tractus solitarus. American Journal of Physiology.  2007;293:R2267-R2278.


McDowall, L.M., Horiuchi, J. and Dampney, R.A.L.  Effects of disinhibition of neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus on central respiratory drive. American Journal of Physiology.  2007;293:R1728-R1735.


Polson, J.W., Dampney, R.A.L., Boscan P., Pickering, A.E. and Paton, J.F.R. Differential baroreflex control of sympathetic drive by angiotensin II in the nucleus tractus solitarii. American Journal of Physiology.  2007;293:R1954-R1960.


Dampney, R.A.L., Tan, P.S., Sheriff, M.J., Fontes, M.A.P. and Horiuchi, J.  Cardiovascular effects of angiotensin II in the rostral ventrolateral medulla: the push-pull hypothesis. Current Hypertension Reports.  2007;9:222-227.


McDowall, L.M., and Dampney, R.A.L.  Calculation of the threshold and saturation points of sigmoidal baroreflex function curves. American Journal of Physiology.  2006;291:H2003-2007.


Horiuchi, J., McDowall, L.M. and Dampney, R.A.L.  Differential control of cardiac and sympathetic activity from the dorsomedial hypothalamus.  Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology.  2006;33:1265-1268.


Dampney, R.A.L.  AT1a receptors on glial cells in rostral ventrolateral medulla and hypertension. Hypertension.  2006;47:1052-1053.


McDowall, L.M., Horiuchi, J., Killinger, S., and Dampney, R.A.L.  Modulation of the baroreceptor reflex by the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus and perifornical area. American Journal of Physiology.  2006;290:R1020-1026.


Sheriff M.J., Fontes, M.A.P., Killinger, S., Horiuchi, J., and Dampney, R.A.L.   Blockade of AT1 receptors in the rostral ventrolateral medulla increases sympathetic activity under hypoxic conditions. American Journal of Physiology.  2006;290:R733-R740.


Horiuchi, J., Wakabayashi, S. and Dampney, R.A.L.  Activation of 5-HT1A receptors suppresses the cardiovascular response evoked from the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus. Hypertension.  2005;46:1-7.


Dampney, R.A.L., Horiuchi, J., Killinger, S., Sheriff, J., Tan, P.S.P. and McDowall, L.M. (2005) Long term regulation of arterial blood pressure by hypothalamic nuclei - some critical questions. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 32: 419-425.


Tan, P.S.P., Potas, J.R., Killinger, S., Horiuchi, J., Goodchild, A.K., Pilowsky, P.M. and Dampney, R.A.L.  Angiotensin II evokes hypotension and renal sympathoinhibition from a highly restricted region in the nucleus tractus solitarii. Brain Research.  2005;1036:70-76.


Horiuchi, J., Killinger, S and Dampney, R.A.L.  Contribution to sympathetic vasomotor tone of tonic glutamatergic inputs to neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla. American Journal of Physiology.  2004;287:R1335-R1343.


Horiuchi, J., McAllen, R.M., Allen, A.M., Killinger, S., Fontes, M.A.P. and Dampney, R.A.L. (2004) Descending vasomotor pathways from the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus: role of medullary raphe and RVLM. American Journal of Physiology, 287: R824-R832.


Potas, J.R., Briscoe, H., Horiuchi, J., Killinger, S. and Dampney, R.A.L.  Renal sympathetic and cardiac changes associated with anaphylactic hypotension. Autonomic Neuroscience.  2004;112:25-30.


Dampney, R.A.L.  Medullary pathways regulating sympathetic outflow: the need for more lateral thinking. American Journal of Physiology.  2004;286:R446-R448.


Potas, J.R. and Dampney, R.A.L.  Evidence that venoconstriction reverses the phase II sympathoinhibitory and bradycardic response to haemorrhage. Autonomic Neuroscience.  2004;111:1-6.


Dampney, R.A.L. and Horiuchi, J.  Functional organisation of central cardiovascular pathways: studies using c-fos gene expression. Progress in Neurobiology.  2003;23:597-616.


Marsh, A.J., Fontes, M.A.P., Killinger, S., Pawlak, D.B., Polson, J.W. and Dampney, R.A.L.  Cardiovascular responses evoked by leptin acting on neurons in the ventromedial and dorsomedial hypothalamus. Hypertension.  2003;42:499-493.


Potas, J.R. and Dampney, R.A.L.  Sympathoinhibitory pathway from caudal midline medulla to RVLM is independent of baroreceptor reflex pathway. American Journal of Physiology.  2003;284:R1071-R1078.


Dampney, R.A.L., Polson, J.W., Potts, P.D., Hirooka, Y., and Horiuchi, J.  Functional organization of brain pathways subserving the baroreceptor reflex: studies in conscious animals using immediate early gene expression. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology.  2003;23:597-616.


Dampney, R.A.L., Horiuchi, J., Tagawa, T., Fontes, M.A.P., Potts, P.D. and Polson, J.W.  Medullary and supramedullary mechanisms regulating sympathetic vasomotor tone. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica.  2003;177:209-218.