Endothelin-1 increases the neuronal activity and augments the responses to glutamate in the NTS

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 2 44-2, 1998, Pages

  Shihara, Miwako ^a   Hirooka, Yoshitaka ^a   Hori, Nobuaki ^c   Matsuo, Isamu ^a   Tagawa, Tatsuya ^a   Suzuki, Satoshi ^a   Akaike, Norio ^b   Takeshita, Akira ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Brain stem; Cardiovascular system

Indexed keywords

CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; N (2,6 DIMETHYLPIPERIDINOCARBONYL) 4 METHYLLEUCYL DEXTRO (1 METHOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHANYL) DEXTRO NORLEUCINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031868896     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.2.r658     Document Type: Article

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