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To do this we measured arterial pressure, heart rate, and renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) responses to epicardial bradykinin (10 \u03bcg\/mL) in anesthetized Sprague Dawley rats before and after bilateral DMH microinjection (50 nL) of either the GABAA agonist muscimol (0.5 nmol) to inhibit or the antagonist bicuculline (40 pmol) to disinhibit activity. Muscimol inhibition elicited a modest, albeit significant, reduction in basal arterial pressure and heart rate and attenuated the arterial pressure and heart rate reflex response to epicardial bradykinin. However, it did not change the magnitude of the reflex. Bicuculline disinhibition of the DMH increased basal arterial pressure, heart rate, and RSNA but did not augment the response to epicardial bradykinin. 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