Baroreceptor activation causes release of acetylcholine in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rat

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-257

  Kubo, T ^a   Asari, T ^a   Yamaguchi, H ^a   Fukumori, R ^a  

^a SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; ACh release; Baroreflex; Blood pressure; Rostral ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA NERVE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; RAT;

EID: 0031896551     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641969809053217     Document Type: Article

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