The dorsal facial area of the medulla in cats: Inhibitory action of serotonin on glutamate release in regulating common carotid blood flow

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-196

  Li, Hsing Tan ^a   Chen, Wen Ying ^b   Liu, Lin ^b   Yang, Chung Shi ^b   Cheng, Fu Chou ^b   Chai, Chok Yung ^c   Kuo, Jon Son ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral circulation; Neurotransmitter; Parasympathetic

Indexed keywords

ALAPROCLATE; GLUTAMIC ACID; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL PERFUSION;

EID: 0029941948     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12700-2     Document Type: Article

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