Glutamate microinjections in cerebellar cortex reproduce cerebrovascular effects of parallel fiber stimulation

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 6 40-6, 1996, Pages

  Yang, Guang ^a   Iadecola, Costantino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

7 nitroindazole; cerebellum; cerebral circulation; laser Doppler; nitric oxide synthase; rat

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; KYNURENIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYPOTHESIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030459865     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.6.r1568     Document Type: Article

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