NMDA receptor antagonist blocks the bradycardic but not the pressor response to L-glutamate microinjected into the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) of unanesthetized rats

Brain Research

Volumn 749, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-213

  Colombari, Eduarde ^b   Bonagamba, Leni G H ^a   Machado, Benedito H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

autonomic regulation; cardiovagal excitation; cardiovascular regulation; excitatory amino acid receptor; phosphonovaleric acid; sympatho excitation

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEART RATE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031043452     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01169-9     Document Type: Article

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