Dexamethasone's influence on tyrosine hydroxylase activity in the chemoreflex pathway and on the hypoxic ventilatory response

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 435, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 834-839

  Joseph, V ^b   Dalmaz, Y ^a   Cottet Emard, J M ^a   Pequignot, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UMR 5578 CNRS Univ   (France)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Brainstem; Carotid body; Glucorticoids; Locus coeruleus; Noradrenergic medullary cell groups; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; CAROTID BODY; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOXIA; LOCUS CERULEUS; LUNG VENTILATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BRAIN STEM; CAROTID BODY; CHEMORECEPTORS; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0031979867     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050591     Document Type: Article

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