Evidence for the involvement of endogenous aspartate in the mediation of carotid chemoreceptor reflexes in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-106

  Kubo, Takao ^a   Asari, Tetsuya ^a   Amano, Motoaki ^a   Hagiwara, Yukihiko ^a   Fukumori, Ryuji ^a  

^a SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspartate; Blood pressure; Carotid body; Chemoreceptor; Glutamate; Release of aspartate; Rostral ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CAROTID BODY; CAROTID BODY CHEMORECEPTOR; CAROTID SINUS NERVE; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TIDAL VOLUME;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID BODY; CHEMORECEPTORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030803167     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00584-3     Document Type: Article

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