Ethanol inhibition of stress-related tachycardia involves medullary NMDA receptors

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 310, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 145-153

  Varga, Károly ^a   Lovas, Gábor ^b   Palkovits, Miklós ^b,c   Kunos, George ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Defense area; GABA ( aminobutyric acid); Glutamate; Nucleus tractus solitarii; Perifornical area

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 7 PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; 2 HYDROXYSACLOFEN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STRESS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0030605963     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00305-6     Document Type: Article

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