Enhanced sensitivity of medullary depressor neurons to N-methyl-D-aspartate-glycine site antagonists in the spontaneously hypertensive rat

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 216-219

  Kapoor, Ranjna ^a   Kapoor, Vimal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

5 Fluoro indole 2 carboxylic acid; Blood pressure; Caudal ventrolateral medulla; N Methyl D aspartate antagonist; N Methyl D aspartate receptors; Spontaneously hypertensive rat; Strychnine insensitive glycine modulatory site; Wistar Kyoto rat

Indexed keywords

5 FLUOROINDOLE 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID; GLYCINE; KYNURENIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSOR RESPONSE; REGIONAL PERFUSION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 0031966606     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1998.t01-6-.x     Document Type: Article

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