Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

A brainstem monosynaptic excitatory pathway that drives locomotor activities and sympathetic cardiovascular responses

  • Satoshi Koba,
  • Nao Kumada,
  • Emi Narai,
  • Naoya Kataoka,
  • Kazuhiro Nakamura,
  • Tatsuo Watanabe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32823-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Functional brain architecture underlying autonomic adjustments to exercise has remained unknown. Here, the authors reveal a subcortical pathway that relays volitional motor signals to drive locomotor activities and sympathetic cardiovascular responses.