NMDA receptor blockade in cat dorsal horn blunts reflex pressor response to muscle contraction and stretch

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 2 39-2, 1996, Pages

  Hand, Gregory A ^a   Meintjes, Andre F ^a   Keister, Alan W ^a   Ally, Ahmmed ^a   Wilson, L Britt ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

afferent nerve fiber; collateral innervation; exercise; glutamate receptors

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0029972439     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.270.2.h500     Document Type: Article

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