Excitatory amino acid concentrations in the spinal dorsal horn of cats during muscle contraction

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 368-373

  Hand, Gregory A ^a   Kramer, Gerald L ^a   Petty, Frederick ^a   Ordway, George A ^a   Wilson, L Britt ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aspartate; glutamate; isometric exercise; pressor reflex

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; DORSAL ROOT; HEART RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HINDLIMB; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICRODIALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0030017243     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.1.368     Document Type: Article

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