The pressor reflex evoked by static contraction: Neurochemistry at the site of the first synapse

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 196-209

  Wilson, L Britt ^a   Hand, Gregory A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

dorsal horn; excitatory amino acid; exercise; muscle afferent; neuropeptide; somatostatin; substance P

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; EXERCISE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0030887440     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(96)00019-7     Document Type: Review

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