Vagal control of left ventricular contractility is selectively mediated by a cranioventricular intracardiac ganglion in the cat

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 138-144

  Gatti, Philip J ^a   Johnson, Tannis A ^a   McKenzie, James ^a   Lauenstein, Jean Marie ^a   Gray, Alrich ^a   Massari, V John ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac ganglia; Negative chronotropic; Negative dromotropic; Negative inotropic; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

TRIMETAPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RATE; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; HEART; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; TRIMETHAPHAN; VAGUS NERVE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030704315     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(97)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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