Glycine produced presser responses when microinjected in the pressor areas of pons and medulla in cats

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Wu, W C ^a   Chen, S Y ^a   Kuo, J S ^a   Chai, C Y ^a,b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dorsomedial medulla; Glutamate; Glycine; Locus coeruleus; Pons; Pressor and depressor response; Sympathetic nerve activity; Ventrolateral medulla; Vertebral nerve

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE SODIUM; GLYCINE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MICROINJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; STELLATE GANGLION; STIMULATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; PONS; STELLATE GANGLION; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC;

EID: 0030578095     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1838(95)00135-2     Document Type: Article

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