Activation of chemosensitive neurons in the ventrolateral medulla by capsaicin in cats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-198

  Seller, Horst ^a   Czachurski, Jürgen ^a   Zanzinger, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

capsaicin; cats; chemosensitivity; CO2; index terms; rostral ventrolateral medulla; sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CAPSAZEPINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; RUTHENIUM RED;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPSAICIN; CATS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HEART RATE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; RUTHENIUM RED; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0030990861     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00280-2     Document Type: Article

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