K+ channel blockade in the NTS alters efficacy of two cardiorespiratory reflexes in vivo

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 3 43-3, 1998, Pages

  Butcher, James W ^a   Paton, Julian F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4 Aminopyridine; Apamin; Baroreceptor reflex; Cardiopulmonary reflex; Dendrotoxin; Nucleus of the solitary tract

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; CHARYBDOTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERING BREUER REFLEX; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031944587     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.3.r677     Document Type: Article

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