Cat carotid body chemosensory responses to non-hypoxic stimuli are inhibited by sodium nitroprusside in situ and in vitro

Brain Research

Volumn 767, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 384-387

  Alcayaga, J ^a   Iturriaga, R ^b   Ramirez, J ^a   Readi, R ^a   Quezada, C ^a   Salinas, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Carotid body; Chemoreceptor; Chemosensory inhibition; Nitric oxide; Sodium cyanide; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SODIUM CYANIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAROTID BODY CHEMORECEPTOR; CAROTID SINUS NERVE; CAT; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOXIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CAROTID BODY; CATS; CHEMORECEPTORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GANGLIONIC STIMULANTS; MALE; NICOTINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE; SODIUM CYANIDE;

EID: 0030866180     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00805-6     Document Type: Article

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