Role of spinal GABA receptors in depressor responses to chemical stimulation of the A5 area in normal and hypertensive rats

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 53-61

  Hara, Keiji ^b,c   Miyawaki, Takashi ^c   Minson, Jane ^c   Arnolda, Leonard ^c   Llewellyn Smith, Ida ^c   Chalmers, John ^a   Pilowsky, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

A5; Arterial blood pressure; GABA; SHR; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; HYPERTENSION; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HYPERTENSION; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPINAL CORD; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0031563508     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(97)00044-1     Document Type: Article

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