Role of AMPA/kainate receptors in transmission of the sympathetic baroreflex in rat CVLM

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 3 41-3, 1997, Pages

  Miyawaki, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Satoshi ^a   Minson, Jane ^a   Arnolda, Leonard ^a   Chalmers, John ^a   Llewellyn Smith, Ida ^a   Pilowsky, Paul ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

baroreceptor; blood pressure; excitatory amino acids; MK 801; sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIZOCILPINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 0030988538     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.3.r800     Document Type: Article

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